
Save us, AI Walter Cronkite!
I’ve been writing some pessimistic things about AI recently, so I thought I should try to balance those out with some optimistic takes. One
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China’s AR-2000 helicopter drone hints at new naval playbook
This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China's military has tested a new shipborne uncrewed helicopter that analysts say could
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Iran war on same disastrous path as Iraq war
The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and
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America and Israel share an enemy — not a strategy
As fighting spreads across the Gulf, the war is often portrayed as a unified campaign against Iran. It is not. The reality, as is often the case in the
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What if Iran’s next target is the Gulf’s water supply?
For years, Gulf security has been discussed through the familiar vocabulary of oil, shipping lanes and missile defense. However, following the recent US
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US dispatched Marines to Mideast, feeding Iran invasion warnings
In what has been described as a potential “major escalation” of the Trump administration’s war with Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly
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Pulpit to Pentagon: the evangelicals who see Iran war as God’s plan
As the American and Israeli war with Iran unfolds, some American Christians are speaking of the conflict in biblical terms, mapping end-time prophecies on
IwPostTrump: US Navy sank unarmed Iran ship because it was ‘more fun’
President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, even though the ship
IwPostThat torpedo that sank Iran ship: old tech, hard to defend against
A US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 87 people. The submarine struck the ship with
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Iran betting Gulf pain will force Trump to seek a deal
Washington’s allies in the Persian Gulf have found themselves in a position they have long sought to avoid: on the front line and bearing the brunt of a
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