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The Military-Industrial Circus

The Military-Industrial Circus is a regular column by Pulitzer-prize winning National Security Analyst Mark Thompson for CDI at POGO.

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The Army's Lousy Tracked Record

analysis | March 16, 2020 | Mark Thompson

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The Danger of Fibbing Our Way into War

analysis | January 31, 2020 | Mark Thompson

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“Fill ‘Er Up!” Why It’s Taken the Pentagon Nearly Two Decades to Buy a New Aerial Tanker

analysis | March 19, 2019 | Mark Thompson
Putting the Hype in Hypersonic Weapons

analysis | February 7, 2019 | Mark Thompson
The U.S. Navy's Titanium “Tin Can”

analysis | January 10, 2019 | Mark Thompson
War…By the Numbers

analysis | October 1, 2018 | Mark Thompson
The Pentagon’s New Stealth Bookkeeping

analysis | August 24, 2018 | Mark Thompson
Whirlybird-Brained: U.S. Making Wrong Chopper Choice for Afghanistan

analysis | June 25, 2018 | Mark Thompson
Gambling On History: President Trump’s Pentagon Says Nuclear Weapons Save Lives

analysis | June 18, 2018 | Mark Thompson
Back To The Future: The Pentagon Considers Flying Prop Warplanes

analysis | June 11, 2018 | Mark Thompson