In fiscal cliff scramble, defense budget part of the mix as Washington pursues deficit cut By Associated Press WASHINGTON — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a […]
The Vindicator Article on Cuban Missile Crisis Quotes Kingston Reif
Cuban Missile Crisis By Robert L. Schaadt The Vindicator For those who do not remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and for those that do, the photos of the Minuteman Missile at the 1962 Trinity Valley Exposition are stark reminders. Click here to read the rest of the articles on the The Vindicators website, including quotes […]
AlterNet Features Center’s Military Spending Research
How a Mitt-Style Increase in Military Spending Might Cost You Your Job By Lynn Stuart Parramore AlterNet As predicted, one of the big clashes in the final presidential debate on Monday night concerned military spending. The dustup not only revealed a key difference between the candidates, it gave us the best line of the […]
Bloomberg News Article on Missile Plan Quotes Phil Coyle
Navy OKs $1B for missile called flawed by weapons tester By Tony Capaccio Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy approved an Alliant Techsystems Inc. anti-radar missile for full production valued at as much as $1.1 billion, even though the Pentagon’s chief tester says the weapon’s performance flaws “largely negate” its “ability to accomplish […]
Arms Control Today Quotes Phil Coyle on Missile Defense
“Report Critiques U.S. Missile Defense” By Tom Z. Collina Arms Control Today Arguing that the U.S.-based ballistic missile interceptor system is “very expensive” but has “limited effectiveness” against potential attacks from Iran, a September report by the independent National Research Council recommends replacing the current system with a revamped but largely similar system and […]
