Military-industrial complex
This Scrapyard Contains the World’s Second-Largest Air Force
A tour of "the Boneyard," where old planes sit baking in the Arizona desert heat, waiting to be recycled or transported to US allies.
Killing People Overseas Will Always Be a Growth Industry
Today, foreign policy is enacted through corporations. Tasks that once would have been the sole province of the CIA or the military are routinely contracted out to firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The US Military’s Totally Cool Mobile Enlistment Exhibits
Welcome to the "Extreme Truck," a traveling Army recruitment tool loaded with video games and TV screens that's used to get the youth of today excited about signing up for the military-industrial complex.
Is the Blackwater Verdict the Beginning of the End for Private Military Contractors?
Mercenaries are finally paying a price for killing innocent Iraqi civilians.
A Task Force of Military Types Just Called Out Obama's Endless Drone Wars
On Thursday, a panel made up of former military and intelligence officials released the most thorough examination yet of America's fondness for the remote-controlled flying death machines commonly known as drones.
Is Elon Musk Going to War with General Stanley McChrystal?
Elon Musk is currently locked in a bitter dispute with Lockheed Martin and Boeing for contracts worth billions of dollars—and now the lobbying firm tied to a notorious retired general is joining the party.
Babes and Dated Machine Guns at the Black Sea Defense Convention
It doesn't look like Romania has what it takes to fight Russia in the event of WWIII.
How Google Will Manage Its Role as a Defense Contractor
Whether Google likes it or not, it is part of the military-industrial complex. At least until Boston Dynamics’ contracts expire.
The Latest Patents Show New Drones Will Bounce, Swarm, and Transform
Every month, over 40,000 applications are made with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. About half that number of actual patents are granted monthly—usually after several years of review and refinement. (Legit patent applications are published 1...