military industrial complex

Mutually Assured Defense Spending

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2009 A hawkish speech by President Dmitry Medvedev may signal a massive overhaul and escalation of the Russian military. Fears of a growing threat posed by NATO have pushed Russian officials to plan a modernization of the country's conventional and nuclear forces by 2011. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

$40 Billion Tanker Contract Grounded

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2008 Unnecessary and extraordinarily expensive, the once-green-lit controversial KC-X midair refueling tanker program has stalled, according to the Pentagon. Any movement on the $40 billion contract to purchase new Air Force tankers will have to wait for the next U.S. administration, a clear sign that military-industrial complex spending is an institutional, rather than administrative, problem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boeing Gains Ally in Tanker Battle

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2008 Boeing has friends in high places, as evidenced by the congressional Government Accountability Office siding Wednesday with the US aviation giant in a protest against a multibillion-dollar refueling tanker contract that was awarded earlier this year to a U-Europe team . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cindy Sheehan Returns to the Antiwar Movement

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2007 Video blogger Davis Fleetwood asks a recently reinvigorated Cindy Sheehan about her candidacy, impeachment, Scooter Libby's pardon, the military-industrial complex and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Budget Delivers the Bacon

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 7, 2007 President Bush's outrageous military budget has nothing do with fighting terrorism but everything to do with pumping up the profits of the administration's generous political donors in the defense industry. So, the question is: Will the Democrats have the guts to stop this betrayal of the public trust? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )