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2. One reason is that the Pentagon dramatically underestimates the cost of munitions.

An SM-2 interceptor, for example, costs $1.2 million. So if the military uses 50, the Pentagon says that costs $60 million.

That seems like it makes sense. But it doesn't work out.

https://popular.info/p/the-real-cost-of-the-iran-war-72
The real cost of the Iran War: $72 billion for the first 60 days

Popular Information crunches the numbers. The official accounting is at least $47 billion too low.

Popular Information

"I’ve never seen anything like this before.… These are rapid, targeted strikes, with [advanced] technology,” the source said.

"The main targets appeared to be multimillion-dollar aircraft. At the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft, which provides surveillance, command, control, and communications to the U.S. military, was destroyed. That aircraft is worth nearly half a billion dollars, and is currently out of production."

https://newrepublic.com/post/209850/iran-destroyed-majority-military-sites-middle-east

Iran Has Damaged Bonkers Number of U.S. Military Sites

More than half of America’s military sites in the Middle East have been damaged by Iranian strikes.

The New Republic

One would think that 1/3 of shipped by sea fertilizer that usually crosses the strait of Hormuz suddenly not.. would be bigger news.

Trump’s billion dollar “ballroom” won’t save him when food runs out in a nation with more guns than people

https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/03/fertilizer-iran-hormuz-food-crisis

#iranwar #trump #republicans

Fertilizer isn't getting through the Straight of Hormuz, which could lead to a global food crisis.

Even if the Iran war stops, restarting production and transport for fertilizers and their components could take weeks—at a crucial moment for planting.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

new weekennd project

camera detects vehicle →
blue Iris fires webhook →
python script receives webhook →
script starts kismet capture session →
kismet runs for X minutes →
script stops Kismet, saves labeled log

police alerts with YOLOv8 / works great, notifies within seconds #acab
lot of yachts in the news / at what point does accumulated capital become a form of structural violence against the people whose labor and spending created it / asking for the 9 in 10 americans financially distressed so far this year
A Dangerous New Attack on Press Freedom

<span>According to MS NOW, the FBI has launched an investigation into an </span><em>Atlantic</em><span> reporter.</span>

The Atlantic
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high

These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be shut down because of proposed government budget cuts

Scientific American
TI reporter Noah Hurowitz got inside the event. At least one company, Harey Zahav, displayed a map of properties in Kfar Eldad, Karnei Shomron, and other Israeli settlements in the West Bank. https://theintercept.com/2026/05/05/zohran-mamdani-israel-west-bank-settlements/