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12 Apr, 2025 06:10

US missile defense exposed: Mega corruption, billions spent on systems that don’t work

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Subrata Ghoshroy, science, technology, and society researcher at MIT. He was a whistleblower and former senior analyst at the US government’s Accountability Office. He discusses blowing the whistle in 2006 on the US plan for a conventional laser missile defense system, the main problem with airborne laser systems which has seen it not enter modern warfare, the corruption over missile defense involving Congress and the military-industrial complex, the power of the missile defense lobby over Congress to ensure continuous spending, Russian missile defense systems vs American missile defense systems, Trump’s plan for a ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system for the US, and much more.

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