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The US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fire (responsiblestatecraft.org)
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[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Can anyone track down the source on the 9 billion figure? The DOD source the article links gives a figure of around 4-5 billion, and I'm wondering if I missed something. Some news articles claim 20 billion was spent, some claim 3 billion, and no one seems to have a primary source.