War without limits: Pentagon puts Musk at the center of its war planning
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- Pentagon appoints Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich to lead Project Meridian, tasked with identifying future military capabilities and weapons without restrictions within 120 days.
- The Pentagon is heavily dependent on SpaceX for satellite launches and Starshield for spy satellites, as well as on Anduril for autonomous weapons and drone defense, with contracts worth billions.
- Project Meridian will study drones, satellites, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence—areas where SpaceX and Anduril already profit, effectively giving them influence over Pentagon procurement.
- Gingrich provides political justification for military buildup, focusing on threats like electromagnetic pulses and grid attacks, aligning with Pentagon's 'Fortress America' plan.
- Musk previously led DOGE, cutting federal jobs, and now helps plan Pentagon's future wars, with Pentagon relying on his companies for critical infrastructure.
- The war on Iran is failing despite massive spending; Pentagon turns to cheap drones and new technologies as an engineering solution, but cannot overcome popular resistance.
- The broader buildup targets China, with Project Meridian and related programs preparing weapons and supply chains for potential conflict, driven by imperialist competition.
- The war budget and AI boom reinforce each other, with Pentagon serving as a guaranteed market for overbuilt AI capacity, while interest rates rise from borrowing.