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Topic: Defense spending

Northrop Group, Bechtel and Lockhead Martin logos in front of a nuclear blast (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why are we spending $2T on more nukes?

Hekmat Aboukhater, William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
A picture taken on July 9, 2017, shows smoke billowing following an airstrike by US-led international coalition forces targeting Islamic State (IS) group in Mosul. Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul from jihadists, a US general said Saturday, as celebrations broke out among police forces in the city. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

The Pentagon's killing spree: No mistake

Norman Solomon
U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning stealth fighter flies over the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California on October 13, 2019. (Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Pentagon's $2 trillion disaster

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Ilhan Omar (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Billions for defense, none for families

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
David Perdue | US-Mexican Border wall (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Perdue sent military funds to wall

Roger Sollenberger
Military funding concept (Getty Images/Salon)

America's "warfare state" rolls onward

David Masciotra
(Getty Images)

The super high cost of national security

David Crook - DCReport
An American flag with corporate logos in place of stars is shown as several hundred demonstrators rally in Salem, Ore., Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. The demonstration is one of many being held across the country recently in support of the ongoing demonstration in New York. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) (AP/Salon)

Fighting the last war with borrowed cash

Bob Hennelly

Private defense companies

Charles Mahoney - The Conversation

The battle of the budget

Carrie Sheffield
File - In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Giant Center, in Hershey, Pa. After a pair of diplomatic victories, the Palestinians are now setting their sights on a Mideast peace conference in France next month in a bid to rally support as they prepare for the uncertainty of the Trump Administration. The Palestinians are hopeful that a strong international endorsement in Paris will insulate them from what they fear will be a close alliance between President-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (AP)

Rajan Menon - TomDispatch.com
The New York Times graphic, March 22, 2017 (The New York Times)

Todd Gitlin - BillMoyers.com
(Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin/Getty/KirillKudryavtsev)

Russia's big defense cuts

Danielle Ryan
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2017 file photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to reporters during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. Republican leaders embarked on an ambitious plan Tuesday to try to sell their new health care proposal to rank-and-file lawmakers and the public, absent specifics on costs or how many Americans will be covered. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump's absurd budget

Simon Maloy
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

trump's budget targets

Taylor Link
(Getty/Saul Loeb)

Trump's dangerous buildup

Gary Legum
Carryn Owens (Getty/Alex Wong)

You can't argue against troops

David Masciotra
President Donald Trump speaks to a meeting of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

Trump's anti-populist budget

Simon Maloy
(Getty/Michael Heiman/Salon)

Trump's ignorant war lust

Bob Cesca
(Reuters)

pentagon's massive waste

Matthew Rozsa
(Reuters)

William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
(Reuters)

William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
A United States Marine Corps F-35B aircraft. (Getty/Matt Cardy)

F-35: The $1.1 trillion lemon

Angelo Young
George W. Bush delivers a speech aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003. (Reuters/Larry Downing)

The long military decline con

Dan Ostlund
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