Show threadClaire McNab15h ago

@simon_brooke You are right that these new military technologies are well-suited to radically distributed production. So long as spidery supply chains function somehow, drones can still be built in quantity.

But I'm not so sure that this is bad news for the USA. The #MilitaryIndustrialComplex loves a #ForeverWar, however much the #MAGA base hates it.

A few decades firing missiles at Iranian mountainsides will be great for business.

@piglet

Peter Riley2d ago

Why #Palantir cofounder and CEO #AlexKarp views working with Western militaries not just as a business opportunity, but as a “higher calling”
(Transcript)
https://slate.com/transcripts/NnpST2pTR0pYS2NOVXRNa1ZObWRmTzdpcEgxY3ZkVXVyMXFIOTRNNFBMUT0=

Audio
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2026/03/why-alex-karp-wants-militaries-to-use-palantir

Karp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Karp

Palantir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir

Thiel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel

#Capitalism #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #PayPal #Surveillance #PeterThiel

Show threadPeter Riley2d ago

https://truthout.org/articles/war-becomes-spectacle-in-trumps-horrific-propaganda-promoting-war-in-iran/

#Capitalism #enshittification #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Spectacle
#Trumpland

War Becomes Spectacle in Trump’s Horrific Propaganda Promoting War in Iran

The White House has circulated videos that fuse footage of bombing raids with visuals from video games and action films.

Truthout
Show threadPeter Riley3d ago

Techno-Autocracy

Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers
(2025) Trump's Washington Breathes New Life into the Military-Industrial Complex
https://portside.org/2025-08-02/entering-golden-age-war-profiteers

#Capitalism #militaryIndustrialComplex #Oligarchs #Palantir #Plutocrats #Trumpocracy #WarProfiteers

Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers

When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the unwarranted influence wielded by a partnership between the military and a growing cohort of U.S.

Portside
Show threadPeter Riley3d ago

@reb_bamf

https://portside.org/2025-08-02/entering-golden-age-war-profiteers

#Capitalism #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
#warProfiteers

Show threadPeter Riley5d ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-iran-war-social-media-videos-video-games-football-baseball-rcna263194?

#Gaming #Iran #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Sports #VideoGames

The White House compares deadly conflict with video games and movies in memeified videos to win support for Iran war

The White House’s video Friday began with a brief clip from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

NBC News
Show threadPeter Riley5d ago

@AlJazeera @africa-news-AlJazeera

https://linktr.ee/vetsaboutface

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Face:_Veterans_Against_the_War

#AboutFace #Iran #Iraq #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
#Veterans

@vetsaboutface | Linktree

About Face: Veterans Against the War

Linktree
Show threadPeter Riley5d ago

@persagen

https://linktr.ee/vetsaboutface

https://aboutfaceveterans.org/who-we-are/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Face:_Veterans_Against_the_War

#AboutFace #Afghanistan #Iran #Iraq #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Veterans

Peter Riley6d ago

On the blood red carpet what are war mongers wearing?

#Pentagon struts in #Ai as #ProjectMaven tech by #Palantir & used #Claude by #Anthropic. Israel fashions ditto in #Iran, as well as in #Gaza and #Lebanon.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/18/ai_warfare

(The military wing of GOP politics aim in Iran is: )
“maximum lethality, not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct” - Pete Hegseth

“Need for Speed” in the kill-chain
https://theconversation.com/iran-war-shows-how-ai-speeds-up-military-kill-chains-278492

#Capitalism #militaryIndustrialComplex #Surveillance

Speeding Up the “Kill Chain”: Pentagon Bombs Thousands of Targets in Iran Using Palantir AI

As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues, we look at how the Pentagon is using artificial intelligence in its operations. The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon. Craig Jones, an expert on modern warfare, says AI technology is helping militaries speed up the “kill chain,” the process of identifying, approving and striking targets. “You’re reducing a massive human workload of tens of thousands of hours into seconds and minutes. You’re reducing workflows, and you’re automating human-made targeting decisions in ways which open up all kinds of problematic legal, ethical and political questions,” says Jones.

Democracy Now!
Taran Rampersad6d ago

[L]ast July, four high-ranking tech executives — all of them involved with artificial intelligence — were sworn into the US Army Reserves with the rank of lieutenant colonel. They were part of a new unit called Detachment 201, also known as the Executive Innovation Corps...

Dafuq?

https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-guide-stopping-world-war-iii-karp-book-review-2026-3

#palantir #ai #militaryindustrialcomplex

Inside the secretive Silicon Valley giant that is trying to reshape how the world fights wars

Three new books distill Palantir's true vision: an unapologetically nationalistic attitude that sees constant, world-rending conflict in our future.

Business Insider