Major arms soar to twice pre-9/11 cost

"The estimated costs for the development of major weapons systems for the US military have doubled since September 11, 2001, with a trillion-dollar price tag for new planes, ships, and missiles that would have little direct role in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq."
"Controlling the long-term costs of the Pentagon's arsenal are very nearly as complex as restraining the cost of government entitlements like Social Security and Medicare," the analysis said.
Major arms soar to twice pre-9/11 cost - The Boston Globe
Hey, when you're in the killing and maiming business and when you have financial interest in the war machine mega-companies why not get on the bandwagon and fill your pockets while the filling is good. After all, that's what this criminal administration and their congressional cronies do best. Oh for the good old Vietnam days when the cheap stuff like agent orange and napalm delivered by WWII aircraft did enough killing and maiming to satisfay any warmonger.
At least entitlements like Social Security and Medicare return a benefit for what we pay for. What benefit do our citizens get from dropping smart bombs using the latest thing in hardware on helpless civilians in foreign lands? Oh, we're killing them over there so we don't have to kill them over here. BULLSHIT