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— 8 entries in the record.
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Jul 7, 1798
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Feb 11, 2026
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1798 · 1 event
1949 · 1 event
1950 · 1 event
2024 · 1 event
2025 · 2 events
2026 · 2 events
1798
2026
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2026-02-11
Denmark Purchases US Missiles to Defend Greenland as NATO Allies Arm Against Fellow Member
Denmark · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Germany · United Kingdom
confirmed
2026-01-06
Denmark Announces $13.8 Billion Defense Spending to Rearm Greenland in Response to US Threats
Mette Frederiksen · Jens-Frederik Nielsen · Denmark · Greenland
confirmed
2025-11-10
Trump Issues Proclamation for Marine Corps 250th Anniversary Emphasizing Military Spending Increase
Donald Trump · JD Vance
confirmed
2025-07-15
Pentagon Awards $295 Million Guam Defense Contract as Military Buildup Strains Local Housing Market
U.S. Department of Defense · Core Tech-HDCC-Kajima LLC · Missile Defense Agency · Robert Rasch
confirmed
2024-09-30
Biden Uses Emergency Drawdown Authority 55 Times to Send $31.7B in Weapons to Ukraine
Joe Biden · Pentagon · U.S. Congress · Ukraine · +1
confirmed
1950-09-08
Defense Production Act Institutionalizes Korean War Industrial Mobilization, Defense Budget Quadruples to $50 Billion
Harry Truman · Office of Defense Mobilization · Boeing · Lockheed · +2
confirmed
1949-04-04
NATO Established - 12 Nations Form Collective Defense Pact, $1.4 Billion Defense Buildup Begins
Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Defense Department
confirmed
1798-07-07
Quasi-War Enables Military-Industrial Expansion and Permanent Navy Establishment
President John Adams · Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert · U.S. Congress · George Washington · +1
confirmed