How the military-industrial complex is waging war on the planet

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Nato's rearmament drive will impose severe environmental costs, including a massive projected increase in carbon emissions The scale of the arms industry’s contribution to climate change is often minimised, avoided or ignored. But preparations for war, and war itself, are killing the planet faster than practically any other single factor. The military-industrial complex causes more environmental damage than either the civilian aviation industry or the global shipping industry; in fact, its carbo