{
  "id": 15782270,
  "title": "Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Weapons Fetishism: When the Tools of War no Longer Serve Strategic Ends",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/coffee-break-armed-madhouse-weapons-fetishism-when-the-tools-of-war",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-20T18:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Naked Capitalism",
    "slug": "naked-capitalism",
    "url": "https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/10/coffee-break-armed-madhouse-weapons-fetishism-when-the-tools-of-war-no-longer-serve-strategic-ends.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Modern military institutions continue to invest enormous resources in tanks, crewed aircraft, aircraft carriers, and missile defense systems even as technological change challenges their strategic utility. Cultural prestige, reputational inertia, and institutional interests sustain weapons programs long after their original justifications have weakened. The resulting cult of weaponry can…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}