🚨 Big Scary Blockade Alert! 🚨 Apparently, the US defense industry might get 🤏 a little squeezed if the Strait of Hormuz shuts down. But fear not, because nothing says "strategic genius" like planning an entire military economy on a single bottleneck! 😂
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/west-point-analysis-iran-war-costs #BigScaryBlockade #USDefenseIndustry #StraitOfHormuz #MilitaryEconomy #StrategicGenius #HackerNews #ngated
West Point analysis warns that strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry
Report shows how minerals critical to defense readiness have seen a ‘near total’ disruption in seaborne trade
The Guardian
West Point analysis warns that strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry
Report shows how minerals critical to defense readiness have seen a ‘near total’ disruption in seaborne trade
The GuardianDisgusting! A waste of money and impacts the environment! "Congress Quietly Kills Military “Right to Repair,” Allowing Corporations to Cash In on Fixing Broken Products"
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/09/congress-military-ndaa-right-to-repair/ #uspoli #USDefenseIndustry #RightToRepair #costly #environment #expensive #BuiltInObsolecence
Congress Quietly Kills Military “Right to Repair,” Allowing Corporations to Cash In on Fixing Broken Products
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
The Intercept