For far too long, militarism and corporate interest have corrupted national security policy. As a result, the United States has seen more than 20 years of warships that don’t sail, aircraft that don’t fly, and weapons that don’t fight – all with little to no oversight or accountability to the American taxpayer.
The National Security Reform Program seeks to advance rational policies to meet the national security challenges facing us today, while providing more effective and accountable solutions to defense matters beyond spending more money.

A new Cold War would add $5-$10 trillion to the defense budget in the next decade
September 6, 2024

The Joint Strike Fighter had a $200B price tag in 2001, now babies born that year are out of college and the plane is still not ready for prime time
August 20, 2024

Dan Grazier and Julia Gledhill analyze U.S. defense spending and explain how the Pentagon is creating “a budgetary time bomb”
August 20, 2024

The United States is locked in a strategic and ideological battle with itself over the purpose and future of its nuclear arsenal
August 7, 2024

Congress does not yet have the tools to investigate and root out the full scale of defense contractor fleecing of the DOD
August 1, 2024

Sorry Ike: it's a bit too dated and no longer the right moniker to describe what we're up against
July 25, 2024

US defense spending has increased nearly 50% since the start of the 21st century, with no signs of slowing down
July 16, 2024

We were told the Osprey, LCS, and F-35 were cutting edge, but they turned out to be boondoggles and deathtraps
June 27, 2024