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Tag: Military Spending

With $740 Billion for Bankrolling Defense DoD Gets Another $550 Billion
Foreign Policy

With $740 Billion for Bankrolling Defense DoD Gets Another $550 Billion

July 31, 2020

PICTURED: The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense, Washington D.C. WASHINGTON D.C., July 30th, 2020. Proceedings were brought…

Russia to Cut Military Spending for COVID-19 While House Democrats Ensure $740 Billion for Pentagon
Foreign Policy

Russia to Cut Military Spending for COVID-19 While House Democrats Ensure $740 Billion for Pentagon

July 22, 2020

MOSCOW, Russia. July 20th, 2020. The advent of COVID-19 and a resulting fall in oil prices has forced the…

New 2021 Defense Budget Standouts – The Indo-Pacific and Hypersonic Missiles
Foreign Policy

New 2021 Defense Budget Standouts – The Indo-Pacific and Hypersonic Missiles

July 2, 2020

PICTURED: The X-51 Waverider prototype hypersonic glide missile. The latest National Defense Authorization (NDA) for 2021 contains a lot…

New 2021 Defense Budget Standouts – The Global War on Terror
Foreign Policy

New 2021 Defense Budget Standouts – The Global War on Terror

June 29, 2020

PICTURED: Aerial view of Camp Phillips at Windward Point, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The National Defense Auth. for FY 2021…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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Houthis Shoot Down $210 Million in Drones, US Kill 80 in Strike on Civilians in Hodeidah

Andy Corbley April 25, 2025

Seven of the United States’ premier long-range offensive drones have been shot down by Houthi counterfire in the skies…

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