South Korea just ordered 20,000 military drones and plans to train 500,000 drone warriors. Ukraine launched 660 drones in one night against Russia. The war of drones is reshaping every battlefield on earth, from Korea to Latin America, where cartels already fly drones across the U.S. border.
The Iran conflict exposed a deeper truth about modern war infrastructure: our most advanced technologies still run on oil, electricity, and undersea cables. AI needs power. Data centers need energy. GPS guides our missiles. And 97% of global internet traffic flows through cables on the ocean floor. The next war may target all of them.
Ukraine's war has rewritten the rules of modern combat. Engineers, drone makers, and software coders now decide battles as much as soldiers do. The U.S. shipped a third of its Javelins and a quarter of its Stingers to Ukraine, and still faces a depleted arsenal after Iran. The side that innovates fastest may win the next war.
The Lincoln Strike Group isn’t a photo op. It’s a floating airbase reminding Tehran that the U.S. can hit coastal and inland targets at a time of our choosing, from directions Iran can’t easily predict. Epic Fury also exposes the…
