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There is a sound — a low, persistent buzzing — that links Iran’s asymmetric warfare against US and Israeli targets in the Middle East to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.It is the sound of a terrifying weapon that symbolizes a new economy of war — cheap, expendable, and mass-produced —…
In a major armed conflict, even the most advanced militaries will not be able to stop all incoming attacks everywhere, forcing them to decide what they’re willing to lose, a hard choice. Loading audio narration… The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are previewing possibilities for future fights as…
Larry Fink laid out two outcomes from the Iran war: abundance and growth, or a global recession.Speaking on the BBC’s “Big Boss Interview” podcast on Wednesday, BlackRock CEO Fink said the outcome hinges on what happens next with Iran. If the country comes out of the war accepted by the…
Donald Trump’s greatest weakness is his fear of falling stock prices, Michael Burry says.”The stock market is Trump’s kryptonite,” the investor of “The Big Short” fame wrote in a brief note on his Substack over the weekend.The president’s goal in waging war with Iran has morphed from “revolution” to “just…
Defense startup Anduril is responsible for one of the “principal” systems used against the Iranian Shahed drone during Operation Epic Fury, per the company’s president.Matthew Steckman, who is also chief business officer for the startup, said in a podcast appearance on Monday that Anduril has been “for the most part,…
An Israeli journalist said Polymarket users tried to bribe him and threatened to kill him after he reported that an Iranian missile had struck Israel earlier this month.Polymarket later condemned the harassment and said the conduct violated its rules. “We’ve banned the accounts for all involved & will pass their…
A top Pentagon official provided a rare look inside how the military uses Palantir’s Project Maven to carry out strikes. Loading audio narration… Once you detect something you want to target, “this is what we do,” Cameron Stanley, the Department of Defense’s chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, said during…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia had earned $10 billion in two weeks of the US-Israeli war with Iran.That’s about 10% of what Moscow has lost in the oil trade so far this year, he said in a post on X.Zelenskyy wrote that Ukrainian intelligence reports indicated…
Elizabeth Schwartz Cohen lost count of how many times she found herself glued to her phone in her Tel Aviv apartment in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, bracing for the next missile alert and the scramble to a shelter. Loading audio narration… Now, Tel Aviv is under fire once…
Your next flight could be twice as expensive because the Iran war is causing volatility in oil prices.Brent crude is up more than 50% over the past month, to around $101 a barrel. Jet fuel costs are rising faster. The Argus US Jet Fuel Index is up 72% over the…
