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 Key Reason the U.S. Lost in Afghanistan

analysis | May 25, 2021

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Joe Biden’s Nuclear Triad

analysis | March 4, 2021

The Space Race the Pentagon Doesn’t Want

analysis | March 26, 2018
Jim Mattis Just Got a Lot Lonelier

analysis | March 19, 2018
The Pentagon’s 21st Century Icarus

analysis | March 12, 2018
Still Stupid After All These Years

analysis | March 5, 2018
Boom Service? Navy Prefers to Pass For Now

analysis | February 26, 2018
Bombers Away! (Oops: And Back Again…)

analysis | February 19, 2018
More Nukes = More Chances For Mistakes

analysis | February 12, 2018
Kicking the F-35’s Tires

analysis | February 5, 2018