“If you’re using a $4 million weapon that’s difficult to manufacture to destroy a $35,000 drone that can be easily built at scale, it’s only a matter of time before your defenses are degraded…
“The initial American strategy failed, the war with Iran is consuming the entire region, Iran and Ukraine are risking a face-off, there is evidence that both Russia and China are escalating their military commitments, American munitions stocks are dwindling and Trump is raging.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/iran-war-russia-ukraine-world-war-threat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.6jin.0Anu--WhBOBv&smid=url-share
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