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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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Putting the Hype in Hypersonic Weapons

analysis | February 7, 2019 | Mark Thompson

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The U.S. Navy's Titanium “Tin Can”

analysis | January 10, 2019 | Mark Thompson

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New Year’s Irresolution: Peering into 2018

analysis | January 15, 2018 | Mark Thompson
What If Santa Swooshed Down the Pentagon’s Chimney?

analysis | December 18, 2017 | Mark Thompson
The Four Horsemen of the (North Korean Nuclear) Apocalypse

analysis | December 11, 2017 | Mark Thompson
Military Readiness from the Grunts’ Perspective

analysis | December 4, 2017 | Mark Thompson
A Tale of Two Bombs

analysis | November 27, 2017 | Mark Thompson
Whose Finger(s) Should Be On the Nuclear Button?

analysis | November 20, 2017 | Mark Thompson
MIA: Missing Information on Afghanistan

analysis | November 13, 2017 | Mark Thompson
A Nuclear-Weapons Halloween

analysis | November 6, 2017 | Mark Thompson