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US defence spending

April 2024

  • Nathalie Tocci

    The west defends Israel’s skies. Not doing the same for Ukraine is a deadly mistake

    Nathalie Tocci
    In Kyiv, I saw life under Russian aerial attack. If Europe doesn’t share its air defence systems now, Putin’s threat will only spread, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

February 2024

  • Nathalie Tocci

    The world is splintering into ‘the west v the rest’ – and that leaves us all in more danger

    Nathalie Tocci

  • 'They have to pay their bills': Trump accuses Nato allies of not sharing costs of alliance – video

November 2023

  • American flags in the National Mall in front of the US Capitol building

    The long read
    America’s undying empire: why the decline of US power has been greatly exaggerated

    The long read: For more than a decade, people have been saying that the era of US dominance is coming to an end. But in reality there are still no other global players to rival it

September 2023

  • Kevin McCarthy walks from the chamber to his office just after House Republicans failed to advance their own defense bill for second time in a week.

    US politics live with Chris Stein
    White House says Republicans ‘playing games with people’s lives’ as shutdown odds increase – as it happened

    Failure to advance defense bill spells trouble for separate funding bill as no more votes expected this week

August 2023

  • A US air force F-15C Eagle fighter jet on the tarmac at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, England

    Airbase project could pave way for UK to host US nuclear weapons

    ‘Potential surety mission’ at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk thought to refer to return of nuclear weapons after 15 years

July 2023

  • THAAD missile launch in Guam.

    Pacific project
    Guam fears becoming ‘target’ over planned $1.5bn US defence system

  • An aerial photograph of the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US department of defense, located in Arlington, Virginia.

    The Pentagon doesn’t need $886bn. I oppose this bloated defense budget

    Bernie Sanders
  • Kevin McCarthy<br>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference after the House approved an annual defense bill, Friday, July 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

    House Republicans pass defense bill, setting up clash on abortion policy

  • Afghans with aid donated by the World Food Programme. Billions of dollars of aid were spent in Afghanistan in the years before the Taliban return to power in 2021.

    US aid policies undermined success of Afghanistan mission, says watchdog chief

May 2023

  • US-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-DIPLOMACY<br>This photo courtesy of the US Army shows Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron load ammunition, weapons and other equipment bound for Ukraine during a foreign military sales mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, January 30, 2022. - Since 2014, the United States has committed more than $5.4 billion in total assistance to Ukraine, including security and non-security assistance. The United States reaffirms its steadfast commitment to Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity in support of a secure and prosperous Ukraine. (Photo by Stefani BARGE / US ARMY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US ARMY /Senior Airman Stephani Barge" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by STEFANI BARGE/US ARMY/AFP via Getty Images)

    Pentagon error overvalued US weapons aid to Ukraine by $3bn

  • foamy water

    Pentagon’s ‘forever chemicals’ cleanup budget falls ‘dramatically’ short

April 2023

  • The war in Ukraine has triggered the steepest increase in military expenditure in Europe in three decades, according to Sipri

    Defence spending in western and central Europe tops last year of cold war

    Stockholm International Peace Institute’s annual report finds UK was region’s biggest spender in 2022 at $68.5bn

March 2023

  • PA: President Of The United States Joe Biden Delivers Remarks On The Budget For Fiscal Year 2024, Philadelphia - 09 Mar 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock (13805510f) U.S. President Joe Biden releases his budget for fiscal year 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on March 9, 2023. President of the United States Joe Biden delivers remarks on his plans to invest in America, continue to lower costs for families, protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, reduce the deficit, and more. PA: President Of The United States Joe Biden Delivers Remarks On The Budget For Fiscal Year 2024, Philadelphia - 09 Mar 2023

    Progressives praise Biden for tax hike plan – but Pentagon budget stirs anger

    Leftwing Democrats say defense spending is far too high and query president’s request for more money for border security

December 2021

  • Side-by-side images of the mathematician Sir Roger Penrose and the physicist Carlo Rovelli

    ‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide

    Governments urged to use ‘peace dividend’ to help UN tackle pandemics, climate crisis and extreme poverty

September 2021

  • Aukus

    Aukus is jolting Australia out of its strategic stability cocoon

    Neil James
    After three generations of mostly peace and ever-improving conditions, our risk has changed. It is in our allies’ interest to help reduce it

July 2021

  • FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon said Tuesday, July 6, 2021, that it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

    Pentagon cancels $10bn Jedi contract with Microsoft after Amazon challenge

    Amazon suggested Pentagon’s 2019 decision on cloud-computing project was result of ‘improper pressure from Trump’

June 2021

  • US defence department authorised the release of three unclassified navy videos in April. This screenshot from one of the videos shows interactions with 'unidentified aerial phenomena' at an undisclosed location

    Full Story
    Is the truth out there? The US government prepares its landmark report on UFOs

    A hotly anticipated report on decades of mysterious sightings is due for release. The Guardian’s Adam Gabbatt and former UK Ministry of Defence employee Nick Pope investigate

December 2020

  • House Republicans join Democrats to override Trump's veto of defence bill – video

    The National Defense Authorization Act has been passed by Congress every year since 1967. Trump exercised his veto last week, returning the bill with objections including its proposal to change the names of 10 military bases honouring Confederate leaders.

September 2020

  • In this March 18, 2020, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the western North Pacific Ocean. In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of Crozier, the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, according to a U.S. official. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas V. Huynh/U.S. Navy via AP))

    US plans big expansion of navy fleet to challenge growing Chinese sea power

    Defence secretary promises future fleet including unmanned ships that will focus on Indo-Pacific region
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