Graphic: US DoD Budget 1948-2011
Source: Winslow Wheeler, Straus Military Reform Project Powerpoint Version of Above Current Table of DoD Costs Now
Journal: Smoke, Mirrors, and Hades Burning on the Hill
This is a great example of the kind of gaming that keeps defense budgets high. Kudos to Winslow Wheeler for smoking it out. On Dec 3, 2010, at 7:56 AM, Winslow Wheeler wrote: In a midnight switch, the Deficit Commission changed the dividing line between discretionary spending elements. Was 050 (DOD,DOE, Misc.) versus the rest; …
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Journal: Debt, Defense, and the Diem Moment in AF
Did the ancients understand debt better than the moderns? Watch this — note particularly the comment wrt to writing off the toxic debt of Lehman Bros. Chuck Six minutes with the renegade ecnomist – Michael Hudson Special Phi Beta Iota: More than six minutes–a special with decisive commentary on the government’s failure to save the …
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Reference: Debt, Deficits, & Defense–Sub-Text Bloomberg and Nunn Round Two, 52 Q&A
A new report from the Sustainable Defense Task Force, formed by House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) identifies reductions in Pentagon spending while maintaining strong defense capabilities as the best response to the nation’s mounting fiscal restraints. These options cover the full range of Pentagon expenditures including procurement, R&D, personnel, operations and …
Journal: Politics of Fear–Spending on National Insecurity
Answer: It all depends on what you think should be included, but once this is clear — this spending will be be exempt from any cutbacks needed to reduce the deficit. The Table prepared by Winslow Wheeler, Director, Straus Military Reform Project within the Center for Defense Information. Chuck
Journal: A Tale of Two Flying Pigs
The below article written by my two good friends Winslow Wheeler and Pierre Sprey is one of the very best case studies describing how the incredible corruption of critical thinking that prevails in the day to day life of the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC) produces techno trash. With programs like the F-35 …
Answers on OSINT for India 15 – C4I2STAR, Diamond vs. Linear, M4IS2 vs. Unilateral
Sir, What is C4I2STAR (and its Permutations and Combinations)> Will OSINT follow M4I2 model or the old C4 model? Why does OSINT Intel Cycle differ from the generic intel cycle? (Diamond Model vis-a-vis the Old Model)
