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Dead at Home, F-22 Looks for Market Abroad
A Senate panel is pushing to repeal a 1998 law that bans the export of the F-22, the stealthy fighter that Secretary Robert Gates put on the chopping block earlier this year. If the proposal, passed by...
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Lockheed Debuts Concept for a Stealthy Drone
Lockheed Martin is publicly stepping back into the drone market with plans for a fast, stealthy unmanned aerial vehicle. The concept aircraft, which the defense megalith quietly debuted at an Air Force...
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Did Obama Force Gates to Cut the Pentagon Budget?
Back when Defense Secretary Bob Gates unveiled his radical overhaul of the Pentagon’s budget, conservative critics accused him of bowing to White House pressure to cut defense spending. Gates’...
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Senator to Pentagon: Stop the Sweetheart Russian Helo Deals
Over a year after Danger Room first reported on the Defense Department’s plans to buy Russian helicopters in a no-bid sweetheart deal, a U.S. senator is now demanding that the Pentagon put a stop to...
View ArticleLightning Gunners’ Revenue Zapped
Times are tough all over. But they’re particularly rough for the lightning gun company with a sketchy past and indicted investors. In 2005, despite allegations of shady stock deals and stolen...
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Afghanistan’s Oil Binge: 22 Gallons of Fuel Per Soldier Per Day
Wanna know why the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are so expensive? Here’s one big reason: The U.S. military consumes 22 gallons of fuel per soldier, per day. And each gallon costs $45 or more to haul to...
View ArticleObama’s Financiers Okay Extra $60 Billion for Pentagon (Updated)
For those of you who hoped — or worried — that the Obama administration would mean a big cut to defense spending, think again. The Office of Management and Budget ” has approved a nearly $60 billion...
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Pentagon Bulks Up Yemen’s Arsenal as Shadow War Grows
Yemen is the new Pakistan — well, at least it is to many in the Pentagon, the White House, and the intelligence community. U.S. spies think al-Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate is the most likely terrorist...
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Nyet! Russia Now Won’t Sell Badass Missile to Iran
Less than a week ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates shared a meal with his Russian counterpart aboard a riverboat on the Potomac. Today, Russia made an abrupt about-face on a big U.S. priority. Moscow...
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See for Yourself: The Pentagon’s $51 Billion ‘Black’ Budget
Their names are obscured by code words, or simply listed as "classified programs." But with a little digging, we can get a (limited) sense of how much money is being spent on the U.S. government's most...
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