The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”
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Littoral combat #ships were supposed to launch the #Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their #weapons never worked.
Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old.
#ships #navy #weapons #military #defensespending #pentagon #lcs #News
#warmongers #CapitalismKills #DefenseSpending #defensebudget #Greed #Corruption #militaryindustrialcomplex #capitalismisascam #CapitalismIsACult #NoMoreBillionaires
#warmongers #capitalismkills #defensespending #defensebudget #greed #corruption #militaryindustrialcomplex #capitalismisascam #capitalismisacult #nomorebillionaires
Senate Passes Crucial Defense Spending Bill in Bipartisan Vote amid Looming Clash in House https://politicaliq.com/2023/07/28/senate-passes-crucial-military-spending-bill-in-bipartisan-vote-amid-looming-clash-in-house/ #Congress #NDAA #DefenseSpending #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #China #militarypay #abortion #LGBTQ #Race #Pentagon #politicaliq #news #politics
#congress #ndaa #defensespending #ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #China #militarypay #abortion #lgbtq #race #pentagon #politicaliq #News #politics
Yes, let’s make America weaker so that Russia can conquer more of Europe, amirite?!
Bernie’s a tankie and an isolationist.
#PentagonBudget #DefenseSpending #BloatedBudget #BernieSanders #MilitaryFunding #GovernmentWaste #Politics #News
#pentagonbudget #militaryfunding #defensespending #bloatedbudget #berniesanders #governmentwaste #politics #news
Conservative Policy Push Looming over Must-Past Defense Spending Bill https://politicaliq.com/2023/07/13/conservative-policy-push-looming-over-must-past-defense-spending-bill/ #NDAA #defense #Defensespending #military #Congress #LGBTQ #abortion #racerelations #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineRussiaWar️️ #McCarthy #politicaliq #news #politics
#ndaa #defense #defensespending #military #congress #lgbtq #abortion #racerelations #ukraine #russia #UkraineRussiaWar #mccarthy #politicaliq #News #politics
Germany: Scholz hails 'considerably more active' defense role
#Germany #OlafScholz #governmentstatement #Ukraine #Defensespending #NATO #Sweden #Turkey
#Turkey #sweden #nato #defensespending #Ukraine #governmentstatement #olafscholz #Germany
Russia continues to demonstrate that the U.S. is spending way, wayyyyyyyyyyyy too much on defense. #DefenseSpending #budget #defense #russia #ukraine
https://news.yahoo.com/chaos-russia-belgorod-oblast-officials-165100413.html
#defensespending #budget #defense #russia #ukraine
Denmark plans to triple defence investment over next decade https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence-and-security/news/denmark-plans-to-triple-defence-investment-over-next-decade/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #2 #defensespending #Denmark #EUdefence #Nato
#defensespending #denmark #eudefence #nato
THEY'RE COMING FOR OLD FOLKS' MONEY
https://davidguilbault.substack.com/p/theyre-coming-for-old-folks-money?sd=pf
#socialsecurity #socialsafetynet #medicaid #medicare #debt #deficit #debtceiling #budget #budgetnegotiations #defensespending #entitlements #bidenmccarthy #debtreduction #deficitreduction #budgetreduction #spending #taxes #taxcuts
#socialsecurity #socialsafetynet #medicaid #medicare #debt #deficit #debtceiling #budget #budgetnegotiations #defensespending #entitlements #bidenmccarthy #debtreduction #deficitreduction #budgetreduction #spending #taxes #taxcuts
The US #military has often spent billions on and waited years for new weapons, only to end up with nothing.
“Every single person knows that what we’re doing is crazy,” said Ferrari. “But everybody is helpless to change it.” - John Ferrari, retired Army general
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-22/russia-china-us-military-failings-9214688.html
In this segment, Cypher covers the current lame-duck session in #congress and the likelihood of things passing in 2023. OFC, the #NDAA passes with token opposition, like always
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#podcast #analysis #commentary #news #CSP #YouTuber #YouTube #Streaming #Twitch #independent #media #defensespending
#congress #ndaa #podcast #analysis #commentary #News #csp #YouTuber #youtube #streaming #twitch #independent #Media #defensespending
“The #omnibus provides nearly $773B for #DomesticPrograms & more than $850B for #DefenseSpending, covering expenses through the 2023 fiscal year. It also includes nearly $45B in #military, #economic & #humanitarian assistance for #Ukraine, as well as about $27B to respond to #NaturalDisasters affecting #Florida, #PuertoRico & other parts of the #UnitedStates.
#omnibus #domesticprograms #defensespending #military #economic #humanitarian #ukraine #naturaldisasters #florida #puertorico #unitedstates
#Ukrainian President #Zelensky Makes Case Before #Congress https://politicaliq.com/2022/12/22/ukrainian-president-zelensky-makes-case-before-congress/ #UkrainianSoldiers #DefenseSpending #omnibus #RussiaUkraineWar #politicaliq #news #politics
#ukrainian #zelensky #congress #ukrainiansoldiers #defensespending #omnibus #RussiaUkraineWar #politicaliq #News #politics
If you want a good example of just how shallow the debate about defense strategy is in the United States, take a gander at how Congress “debated” and passed the NDAA last week. 90% of the debate was about numbers: how large the budget should be and which weapons systems should be purchased. No strategy debate at all, really. #DefenseBudget #DefenseSpending #Pentagon #NDAA #MerryChristmasToThePentagon
#defensebudget #defensespending #pentagon #ndaa #merrychristmastothepentagon