Antiwar.com: Pentagon Paid the Arms Industry at Least $4.4 Trillion Since 9/11
The top five profiteers were Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman
Brown University’s Costs of War Project released a new report Monday detailing post-9/11 spending by the Pentagon.
The study found that of the over $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since the start of the war in Afghanistan, one-third to one-half went to private military contractors.
The report, authored by William Hartung of the Center for International Policy, said $4.4 trillion of the total spending went towards weapons procurement and research and development, a category that directly benefits corporate military contractors.
Private contractors are also paid through other funds, like operations and maintenance, but those numbers are harder to determine.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: Brown University’s Costs of War Project report is here .... Profits of War: Corporate Beneficiaries of the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge (Brown University).
