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Shock and awe, SMD edition
If there was one takeaway from three days at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium, it’s this: The United States military is absolutely terrifying, in the most reassuring possible way. Between Golden Dome, hypersonics, counter-UAS, artificial intelligence, space-based capabilities and increasingly sophisticated missile defense systems, the sheer scale of what America is building was hard to miss. One out-of-town attendee experiencing SMD for the first time summed it up best: “I’ve never been more afraid or impressed with our country’s lethal capabilities.” Same.
Army hype machine undefeated…