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Pyongyang says its latest intermediate-range missile carries artificial intelligence that lets it change course at low altitude and defeat allied tracking. The evidence Kim Yo Jong pointed to was a small gap between Seoul’s and Tokyo’s range estimates. Here is what was actually measured, what the maneuver probably is, and which part of the claim nobody outside North Korea can check.
Pete Hegseth’s State of the Force address ordered a new four-star command for drones and autonomy, a 20% cut to generals and admirals by January 2027, and a future-warfare review led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich. The diagnosis is sound. The execution is the problem.
A Special Operations analyst asked a chatbot to read a Chinese ship’s manifest. It invented a nuclear cargo claim, a second AI pass formatted it as an official intelligence report, and US aircraft were in the air before anyone checked where it came from.
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told a conference audience the Space Force has on-orbit space control weapons. It is the first time a Pentagon official has confirmed it. What he refused to say next is the part arms control analysts are worried about.