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💸 Epic Fury's first six days: $11.3 billion and climbing

Mar 13, 2026

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💸 Epic Fury's first six days: $11.3 billion and climbing

The KC-135 loss marks the fourth manned U.S. aircraft down this month, with a total toll of 13 American service members killed since Epic Fury began.

🤖 AI is running the kill chain in Iran

Mar 12, 2026

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🤖 AI is running the kill chain in Iran

CENTCOM confirmed AI is compressing targeting timelines from hours to seconds, and the Strait of Hormuz just got a lot less mineable.

🛸 Anduril just bought the eyes of space

Mar 11, 2026

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10 min read

🛸 Anduril just bought the eyes of space

Anduril acquires a 400-telescope space surveillance network, Serbia's MiG-29s go Chinese, and Iran's drones go silent.

⚔️ Peak strikes, spiking oil, and a Pentagon that's running low on missiles

Mar 10, 2026

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15 min read

⚔️ Peak strikes, spiking oil, and a Pentagon that's running low on missiles

Operation Epic Fury hits peak intensity Tuesday as the Air Force quietly searches for more missile suppliers and oil approaches $120.

🛡️ Iran just blinded America's missile defense eyes

Mar 9, 2026

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🛡️ Iran just blinded America's missile defense eyes

Iran's cheap kamikaze drones are taking out $250M radars and the implications reach far beyond the Middle East.

⚡ The bombs are getting cheaper, and that's actually a good sign

Mar 6, 2026

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13 min read

⚡ The bombs are getting cheaper, and that's actually a good sign

Hegseth promises a firepower surge. The CSIS price tag and the interceptor math tell the real story.

🤖 Anthropic is back at the Pentagon table

Mar 5, 2026

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10 min read

🤖 Anthropic is back at the Pentagon table

Talks resume, missiles fire for the first time in combat, and Europe is quietly building its own nuclear architecture.

🌊 A U.S. sub just sank a warship for the first time since WWII

Mar 4, 2026

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11 min read

🌊 A U.S. sub just sank a warship for the first time since WWII

Five days in, Operation Epic Fury is rewriting the record books, and the procurement implications are just beginning.

🌊 The Strait of Hormuz is now a combat zone

Mar 3, 2026

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11 min read

🌊 The Strait of Hormuz is now a combat zone

Day four of Epic Fury and Iran is striking U.S. embassies while the Pentagon warns the hardest hits are still to come.

💥 Friendly fire, depleted interceptors, and a widening front

Mar 2, 2026

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10 min read

💥 Friendly fire, depleted interceptors, and a widening front

Three days in, Operation Epic Fury has already delivered combat firsts, coalition friction, and an interceptor inventory problem worth watching.

🤖 Anthropic Rejects Pentagon Demand to Loosen AI Safety Guardrails

Feb 27, 2026

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11 min read

🤖 Anthropic Rejects Pentagon Demand to Loosen AI Safety Guardrails

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei announced that the company "cannot in good conscience" comply with a Department of Defense demand to remove safety precautions from its Claude AI model.

🚀 New Hypersonic Missile Concepts Aim for Unprecedented Atmospheric Speeds

Feb 26, 2026

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10 min read

🚀 New Hypersonic Missile Concepts Aim for Unprecedented Atmospheric Speeds

Recent advancements in hypersonic propulsion are pushing the boundaries of missile technology, with new concepts focusing on air-breathing scramjet engines capable of sustained flight at speeds exceeding Mach 5.

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