HeyJaredJesse Coburn
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- Aug 19, 2026
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- Aug 12, 2026
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The $1 Trillion Black Box (opens the original)
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The sums are vast, but the explanations for the spending range from vague to inscrutable. Consider these items in the law that funded the Department of Defense this year: For “Other Procurement, Air Force”: $32.6 billion. For “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide”: $35.2 billion. And for “supplies and associated support services” related to U.S. Code Title 10 Section 3601 subsection(c)(3)(B) clauses (i) through (iv): a mere $650 million. Determining what, exactly, all this pu
Do You Know About U.S. Military Spending? Help ProPublica Understand Where the Money Goes. (opens the original)
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ProPublica is examining U.S. military budgeting, spending and contracting, and we’re asking for your help. We’ve spent years talking to people who’ve worked in the defense industry, the Pentagon and the armed services, so we know that these topics are critically important. Every day, Pentagon contracting officers, defense industry workers, congressional staffers and others make decisions that affect the most expensive military in the world, with great consequences for the safety of soldiers and
The Army gave General Dynamics $533M to build an artillery plant that produced nothing (opens the original)
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It was the summer of 2024, and the cutting-edge robots inside General Dynamics’ sweltering artillery factory near Dallas were catching fire with startling regularity, according to four former workers there. This wasn’t ideal, as the plant was supposed to be churning out urgently needed artillery shells for Ukraine. The robots, giant metal arms with clamps for hands, would end up drenched in oil, which would then — no surprise — combust as they moved steel blocks heated to 1,800 degrees into and
Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing (opens the original)
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General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a real-life dumpster fire. By Jesse Coburn. Originally published Aug. 12, 2026. Recorded by News Over Audio. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate.
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