Failed wars and thousands of lives lost are good for (some) business, writes William Hartung.
How Corporations Won the War on Terror
Tag: Lockheed Martin
That $14 Trillion Spent by Pentagon Since 9/11
Corporate behemoths such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing and General Dynamics have been hoovering up much of that money, according to this analysis.
Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War
Share prices of military manufacturers vastly outperformed the stock market overall during the Afghanistan War.
Arms Sales: What Americans Know About Bombs Dropped in Their Name
By the time citizens hear about a sale, the export licenses are already approved and Boeing factories are churning out weapons we’ve never heard of, writes Danaka Katovich.
A People’s Guide to the War Industry
Profit alone drives the war industry, leaving behind piles of corpses, writes Christian Sorensen. First in a series of five articles about the military industrial congressional complex.
Pentagon Could Use Some Cancel Culture
William J. Astore provides a tour of some major weapons systems that should be on the scrap heap, and a rare case of one that finally is.
Key Pentagon Official Turned China Policy Over to Arms Industry & Taiwan Supporters
The triumph of corporate and foreign interests over one of the most consequential decisions regarding China is likely to bedevil U.S. foreign policy for years to come, writes Gareth Porter.
The Conflicted Boeing Executive Running Trump’s Pentagon
To truly avoid a conflict of interest, the Boeing executive appointed acting secretary of defense would have to avoid many significant decisions, write Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung of Tom’s Dispatch.
Trump Adds to Washington’s ‘Swamp’
Exclusive: President Trump’s vow to “drain the swamp” was just one more empty promise as he adds to the muck with military contractors in key Pentagon jobs and other industry lobbyists at regulatory posts, says Jonathan Marshall.
Obama’s Gift to Israel — and Lockheed
President Obama approved $38 billion in military aid to Israel, but that cash is then recycled to subsidize the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex like some giant money-laundering machine of the taxpayers’ money, explains JP Sottile.