An Inside Job

America has the strongest military in the world and our geographic position between two oceans and two allies gives us added advantages. But the battlefield is changing dramatically and new tactics and technologies are leveling the playing field, making even powerful countries vulnerable to inside threats from outside actors. Traditional military might doesn’t provide the same advantages it used to and the threats we face exist far below the protective layer a golden dome might offer. “The spectacular surprise attacks that Ukraine and Israel have pulled off against their enemies suggest just how serious such penetration can become. In Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine smuggled attack drones on trucks with unwitting drivers deep inside of Russia, and then used artificial intelligence to simultaneously attack four military bases and destroy a significant number of strategic bombers, which are part of Russia’s nuclear triad. Israel created a real pager-production company in Hungary to infiltrate Hezbollah’s global supply chains and booby-trap its communication devices, killing or maiming much of the group’s leadership in one go. Last week, in Operation Rising Lion, Israel assassinated many top Iranian military leaders simultaneously and attacked the country’s nuclear facilities, thanks in part to a drone base it built inside Iran.” Thomas Wright in The Atlantic (Gift Article): The Trojan Horse Will Come for Us Too. It’s a bad time to be losing many of our best and brightest minds in the government and to be losing our focus on actual threats while we fight invented ones. As Wright explains, “Those responsible for homeland security should not be chasing laborers on farms and busboys in restaurants in order to meet quotas imposed by the White House. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are giving Americans a glimpse into the battles of the future—and a warning. It is time to prepare.”