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It’s no secret that the US Military Industrial Complex (MIC) is the largest and most profitable in the world. After all, it’s the drive behind the vast majority of wars since WW2, bringing immense profit to the United States (obviously, at the expense of the entire world). Thus, one would expect that the US MIC is one of the few institutions in Washington DC that’s based on at least some meritocracy. Instead, it turns out it’s just as ineffective, cumbersome and overly bureaucratic as any other corrupt federal institution. It seems that decades of resting on its laurels and relying on the perpetuity of […] #Featured #Government #Military Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/07/failure-after-failure-of-the-us-military-industrial-complex/?feed_id=13041

The economic might of the United States was one of the major reasons why the Allies won WW2. While much of the world was in ruins thanks to the combined invasion of the Axis powers, America was virtually unscathed. Its strategically isolated position made it possible to switch to an unprecedented war economy without the fear of it ever being disrupted by anything. Unfortunately, one of the tools of victory over the world’s most repugnant ideology soon turned into a way of pushing the outgrowth of that ideology all across the globe. The birth of the US MIC (Military Industrial Complex), […] #Europe #Featured #Government #Military #UkraineWar #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/how-far-can-american-money-push-the-kiev-regimes-suicidal-war-with-russia/?feed_id=12915

Washington has spent $1.8 trillion over the 20-year failed military campaign in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban, whilst aid to Ukraine in just a little more than two years has already reached $175 billion dollars, according to a Council on Foreign Relations report published on May 9. The American military-industrial complex is rejoicing at the rate of weapons being given to Ukraine as contracts for military orders to replace outdated weapons with new ones are being secured for many years to come. However, the profiteering of American weapon manufacturers is coming at an immense human cost in Ukraine. The huge […] #UkraineWar Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/ukrainians-dying-in-their-hundreds-of-thousands-so-us-weapon-manufacturers-can-profit/?feed_id=12787

The United States arms industry is not producing the basic ammunition required to sustain support for Ukraine and Israel, Bloomberg reported on June 8. This is an extraordinary situation since Russia’s armed industry is booming despite facing major Western sanctions. According to the outlet, the US defence industry gave priority to the manufacture of high-tech ammunition and halted the production of basic artillery such as 155-millimetre ammunition, the most used in the wars that are being fought today. The US is also facing a shortage of basic products, such as gunpowder or trinitrotoluene (TNT), to produce these munitions and have had to turn to other countries, such as Poland and Turkey, […] #Life Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/us-defence-industry-struggles-to-manufacture-basic-artillery-for-ukraine/?feed_id=12479