Pete Hegseth revealed that the men will help direct a project to determine the future of the military.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced onetime trillionaire Elon Musk, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and right-wing entrepreneur Palmer Luckey as the new heads of “Project Meridian”—a massive upcoming study on the “future of warfare.”

Hegseth made the announcement at his “State of the Force” address on Wednesday afternoon, describing the trio of Trump loyalists as “the best forecasters of future conflict.”

“There are obvious biases and risks to asking ourselves to both ask the questions and answer them. So today we are leveraging a unique source of American advantage—one our adversaries do not have: our innovators, our senior leaders, and our technologists. Big thinkers and doers who will forecast the creative solution to tomorrow’s conflicts,” Hegseth said. “And that’s why today … I’m announcing Project Meridian, an effort led by America’s best minds to study the future of warfare.”

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  • farmgineer@nord.pubEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Having had my flu vaccine shot today, I’m just going to assume I’m having a bad reaction and that this is not a real headline.

    Edit: ‘flu’ not ‘flue’; I don’t have a fireplace

  • Corngood@lemmy.ml
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    18 days ago

    There are obvious biases and risks to asking ourselves to both ask the questions and answer them.

    This is one of the worst sentences of all time.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    17 days ago

    My own belief is that we almost achieved world-wide peace but then ran out of money. Now we need to crank up the old war machine and start making that sweet, sweet money again! /s

  • PetteriPano@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Let me guess. They’re going to replace Jeeps with cyberdumptrucks.

    I hope they come with Iranian power adapters for charging.

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Best Forecasters of Future Conflict.

    They know future conflict isn’t the war that a foreign nation will come at the military with. The future of warfare is how they will fight the revolutionaries that will inevitably rise against tyranny.

    Musk has the ability to deploy surveillance technology anywhere. The “study” is “how do they continue to keep squeezing the iron fist?”

    Edit: and by anywhere, I mean ANYWHERE. Motherfucker owns a space agency. Tesla cars rely on video processing of always network connected cameras for their driving assist mechanisms. Starlink puts network connectivity anywhere it currently isn’t.

    And GUESS who is part of the PayPal mafia? Palantir. But also Yelp and LinkedIn. Those are much less important than Palantir, but Yelp can at least target businesses that don’t play along, and LinkedIn can harm people seeking employment.

    The dystopia we are in is worse than people can truly grasp.

  • zbyte64@awful.systems
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    18 days ago

    Great move including the guy who disabled Ukrainian drones at the request of Putin. Totally trustworthy and won’t backfire in any way.

    • setsubyou@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      He just picked the wrong one. There’s probably quite a few illegal Mexicans who’d do a better job than Hegseth.

  • SlothMama@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Honestly expect military experiments like neuralink implants guaranteeing ideologically aligned warriors and complete obedience to the state