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Defense is not an abstraction. It is a civic responsibility carried by a small number of Americans who accept the burden of confronting danger so the rest of the nation can live in peace.

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Why the Pentagon Must Build Its Own AI: Restoring Strategic Independence in the Age of Drift

VA Barac By VA Barac
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February 28, 2026
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The United States has entered a strange moment in its technological history. For the first time since the dawn of the nuclear age, the nation’s most strategically essential capability — advanced computation — is controlled almost entirely by private…

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