Interesting to see in a report in today's StarTribune, Weapons Makers: the case for defense, noting that progress on the F-35 fighter "is years behind schedule and stratospherically over budget". One note of good news is that global spending on weapons went from a record $1.7 trillion in 2008 down to $100 billion.
Another interesting statistic from this article - the Pentagon's budget is as big as the next 16 defense ministries COMBINED. Wow. We've got the world's finest military industrial complex money can buy!
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