There was 2.3 Trillion missing from the pentagons budget last year. I don't believe most of that the government/media reports.
There was 2.3 Trillion missing from the pentagons budget last year. I don't believe most of that the government/media reports.
The government doesn't report it because obviously, and the media doesn't because it's much better for ratings if you have sound bites and intense (not-at-all setup) debates between people who disagree, and so on. A milling "X amount of dollars" and then speculating and where it could be, and asking for a probe or some shit - only for the probe to come out and say "Blah blah blah, nothing to see here" - doesn't keep viewers gripped. That's where we are now, Yellow Journalism.
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The government doesn't report it because obviously, and the media doesn't because it's much better for ratings if you have sound bites and intense (not-at-all setup) debates between people who disagree, and so on. A milling "X amount of dollars" and then speculating and where it could be, and asking for a probe or some shit - only for the probe to come out and say "Blah blah blah, nothing to see here" - doesn't keep viewers gripped. That's where we are now, [Yellow Journalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism).
EDIT: Fixed a sentence.
Well the political situation changed. Military policy is dictated by political policy; the ideas of easing tensions and disarmament are now what's important in nuclear terms, from a political POV. And it's basically been that way since the 70s, so no investment is going into that kind of research.