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National Security & Defense

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,413 posts) Sun May 7, 2023, 03:42 PM May 2023

What to tell a RW family member slamming Biden over budget cuts [View all]

for the Navy. I'm not saying Biden is necessarily correct in this, but the defense budget is so massive & surely bloated in many cases. I can only find RW & Hawkish D sources on the cuts to the Navy.

Opinions? Sources?

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What to tell a RW family member slamming Biden over budget cuts [View all] Dark n Stormy Knight May 2023 OP

Missiles and drones are now more important than previously thought Tetrachloride May 2023 #1

To say nothing of carrier killer missiles Shermann May 2023 #4

The US spends as much on weapons.. Permanut May 2023 #2

The world's second largest air force is U.S. Naval Aviation nt Shermann May 2023 #3

Last I heard, DOD has at least four accounting systems that do not talk with each other. keithbvadu2 May 2023 #6

If we took back those astronomical tax breaks for billionaires this probably wouldn't happen. usonian May 2023 #5