Army To Spend $465 Million On 'Group 3 Killer' Anti-Drone Laser

The US is sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East and is considering restarting the bombing campaign against Iran or launching ground operations in the country, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed US officials. The report said that the forces include 6,000 troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. […]

Trump Expands Critical Minerals Push With Army Bases The Trump administration is taking another step to strengthen the nation's critical minerals supply chain, announcing plans to build a series of mineral processing facilities on U.S. military bases through partnerships with private industry, according to Bloomberg. The initiative marks the first time commercial mineral processing operations will be located on Army installations. The U.S. Army said it has reached preliminary agreements with REalloys, Titan Mining, EnergyX, and Australia's ioneer to develop facilities that will process rare earth elements, graphite, lithium, and boron. REalloys...

The Technate Was Always Coming Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, And what you can do about it (besides complaining). Palantir dropped a manifesto last weekend. 22 bullet points distilled from Alex Karp’s book The Technological Republic, posted to X with the casual framing of “because we get asked a lot.” I haven’t seen a reaction so widespread, unanimously opposed and viscerally aghast since James Damore’s infamous “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber”. The usual suspects lost their shit. Engadget called it “the ramblings of a comic book villain.” TechCrunch clutched its pearls at the bits about “regressive” cultures...