Drums of War

Anduril founded by tech bro and libertarian-but-also-Trump-supporter Palmer Luckey, the guy who invented the VR headset that could kill you. And of course named after the sword Andúril from Tolkien, because if there’s one thing anyone who’s read his books knows, it’s that he loved high tech weapons manufacturers.

He and Peter Thiel really deserve to be murdered by angry trees.

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lord of the rings GIF by Maudit

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But Russia isn’t doing anything wrong or hurtful in Africa! Only America is a problem… /s

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[China announces joint naval, air drills with Russia | AP News]

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How the ever-loving hell do you turn pagers into bombs? WTF is going on here?

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Hassan Nasrallah calls the attacks “a declaration of war” and says they paid “no heed to innocent people”

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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-spots-chinese-carrier-group-sailing-off-its-east-coast-2024-09-17/

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Israel has carried out extensive air strikes on southern Lebanon targeting positions of the Iranian-backed group, Hezbollah

The military says its warplanes struck more than 100 rocket launchers, as well as a weapons depot

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ah, that does help explain the animation style promotional video they released announcing the system. naming of the company is (somewhat unfortunately) consistent with current tech bro trends

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