Posts Tagged ‘Military’

Silencers Are Golden for U.S. Navy


Monday November 18th, 2013   •   Posted by K. Lloyd Billingsley at 9:34am PST   •   0 Comments

Procurement scandals are common in the U.S. military and seldom the sort of thing anyone could make up. In the latest, as reported by the Washington Post, the U.S. Navy paid $1.6 million for firearm silencers valued at $8,000 – more than 200 times the manufacturing cost – and that most likely never should…
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The Costs of War


Friday January 6th, 2012   •   Posted by Emily Skarbek at 7:59am PST   •   3 Comments

At the Pentagon yesterday, President Obama released a press statement concerning his new military strategy. The document was clear with regard to Iran, stating “U.S. policy will emphasize Gulf security, in collaboration with the Gulf Co-operation Council countries when appropriate, to prevent Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon capability and counter its destabilizing policies.”…
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