When have defense contractors ever bought ad space in national news? That seems like wasted ad dollars targeting a lot of people who aren't in the market to buy arms.
They definitely advertise in all sorts of media, especially stuff heavily read in Washington. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/us/nation-challenged-sale...
> James Fetig, a Lockheed spokesman, said that Lockheed resumed running print ads for its own Joint Strike Fighter model in The Washington Post and trade publications on Monday, and only after it saw that Boeing was pressing ahead with radio and print ads.
One, your ad profile is similar to people who may be in positions to make decisions about weapon spending.
Two, maybe the "look at this cool tech" ads are meant to attract talent to build them, not people to buy them.
Three they cast a wide net to influence voting decisions of Americans in regards to military spending.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/intelligence-matters-a-cbs-news...
Not sure about airport in the US but this is what you used to see when getting into the Australian capital from the airport.
Me too, but Twitter leans heavily toward people who are anti-war. It doesn't really support the parent comments' claims of journalistic conflicts.