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The United States Is Self-Destructing Amid Empire Collapse

Dangerously wrong priorities will accelerate America’s decline….

USS Gerald Ford limps out of hot war and into embarrassment. Why?

The Navy’s premier aircraft carrier is a case study in misplaced priorities, most importantly putting politics and industry preference before readiness and efficiency…

Are we on the precipice of World War III?

Countless potential black swan events could spark a collapse of our fragile geopolitical order….

Spending More on the Military is not a Defense Strategy

The Trump administration’s executive order to curb industry stock buybacks has no teeth, but U.S. lawmakers could and should take advantage….

Congress should walk Trump’s talk on arms industry stock buybacks

The Trump administration’s executive order to curb industry stock buybacks has no teeth, but U.S. lawmakers could and should take advantage….

The US military is feeling invincible, and that’s dangerous

What happened in Venezuela is the exception, not the rule….

Cutting this much red tape, Santa comes early to weapons industry

Provisions in this year’s NDAA dismantle oversight, guarantee profits for contractors, and shift financial risk to taxpayers….

The US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fire

The cancellation of the Constellation-class program shows that the military’s shipbuilding problem is Washington, not China….

Hegseth wants to make the Pentagon a global arms bazaar

The defense secretary is expected to roll out new mandates that would in part assist the weapons industry with international business. Why?…

Fighting China, Fast and Slow

Senior Fellow Kelly Grieco and Maximillian Bremer write on the need for effective logistics to form credible U.S. deterrence in a Taiwan Strait scenario….

How Acquisition Reform Could Make Military AI More Expensive and Less Safe

Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining the delivery of safe and effective capabilities….

US gov’t admits F-35 is a failure

With some wonky, hard to decipher language, a recent GAO report concluded the beleaguered jet will never meet expectations….
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