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A comment on Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year. Parent comment

Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by nickff on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @05:41PM (#47955125)
>"And we spend well over a trillion dollars on defense."

That's just not true; the US Military Budget for 2025 was (USD) $768 BB. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...

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Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by BugsJustFindMe on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @05:45PM (#47955158)
It is true. The number you're looking at doesn't include all military spending. For example, it doesn't include the nuclear weapons programs, intelligence programs, veterans affairs, ...

https://www.defensebudget.org/en/country/united-states

The VA budget alone is over $400B, and the intelligence budget is _classified_.

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Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by 91bananas on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @06:48PM (#47955732)
They're asking for 1.5B right now
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Re:Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in o... by idiotsecant on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @05:55PM (#47955267)
So when we consider school spending it's important to count every penny but when we consider military spending we can just neglect vast swathes of spending?
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