Pentagon to Congress: Inflation…. what inflation?
AEI's John Ferrari and Mackenzie Eaglen write that in failing to adjust its budget to the realities of inflation, the Pentagon is careening towards budgetary trouble.
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Navy plans to sink large undersea drone program
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Air Force’s math on the F-15EX and F-35 doesn’t add up
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Congressman: Navy to get blunt questions about ‘confounding’ double ship counting
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How the Pentagon’s bad inflation math made a hollow budget
If inflation trends keep, AEI's John Ferrari says DoD will see buying power plummet even as it spends billions.