🚨🇨🇳 China's "Dark Pool" of AI Compute: The Numbers are Striking

China has officially reported a landmark achievement in AI computing power, revealing a domestic capacity of 1,882 exaflops — 1.882 quintillion operations per second. This disclosure not only showcases the speed and scale of China’s technological progress but also demonstrates the vast infrastructure that remains hidden from Western rankings.

To put that in perspective, China's fastest publicly known supercomputer registers below 0.1 exaflops on the Top500 list — the standard global benchmark. That's a gap of over 6,000 times. Even after adjusting for the different measurement standards China uses (which are optimized for AI workloads and count simpler operations), the adjusted figure still lands somewhere between 120 and 230 exaflops — still vastly above what public benchmarks show.

China is building a “nationwide, multilayered AI computing grid” — distributing power across national, local, and edge centers, with the stated goal of making it accessible even to small businesses, said vice-minister Zhang Yunming of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The pace of growth further highlights China’s momentum. Research by IDC and Inspur projects that China’s AI computing power will grow at an annual rate of 46 percent from 2023 to 2028 — more than twice the speed of general-purpose computing capacity. Meanwhile, a Stanford University report released just last week confirmed that the performance gap between leading AI models from China and the United States has largely closed, with Chinese systems now competing at the very top level.

By building a powerful, independent computing base and distributing it across the country, China is not just chasing benchmarks — it is laying the foundation for widespread AI adoption and long-term technological self-reliance.

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🚨🇮🇷🇷🇺🇺🇸Iran and Russia Are Outplaying America — Here’s How

Both Russia and Iran have shocked the world with their resilience in the face of sanctions and embargoes. The Iran war was supposed to cripple Tehran's economy. Instead, Iran is "making a mint" from surging oil prices.

🔸 Iran has been under economic sanctions for 47 years — and still recorded economic growth after COVID.

🔸 Russia's "fortress economy" model has endured 12 years of sanctions (since 2014), with debt still below 20% of GDP.

🔸 Russia saw a record current account surplus in the first year of the Ukraine war. Iran is now experiencing the same boom.

🔸 The energy squeeze has been so harsh that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a general license allowing the sale of Iranian oil already loaded on vessels — just to ease global supply concerns.

Iran describes its approach as a resistance economy — leaning heavily on oil revenue, building gold and currency reserves to manage shocks.

Iran's official national external debt stands at just 27% of GDP, having been cut off from the Western financial system for so long.

Americans have seen prices surge since the war started, with gas prices rising 30% in the space of a month. Other household necessities cost more.

Meanwhile, Iran can keep printing money, borrowing from domestic banks, and living with inflationary consequences during wartime. Its economy has been cauterized from exposure to the global economy, meaning new sanctions have limited effect.

Iran and Russia have demonstrated resilience against decades of sanctions by leveraging resource wealth, building reserves, and maintaining low external debt. Their resistance economies allow them to withstand pressure and even thrive amid isolation.

In contrast, the U.S. faces domestic economic challenges and political pressures, making it less able to impose or endure severe sanctions.

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🚨🇨🇳China's Massive Oil Reserves: Energy Security Masterclass

Unfazed by war, China’s colossal crude oil stockpiles have barely registered the shockwaves from the Iran conflict.

🔸The Steady Numbers

Since the Iran War erupted on February 28, Chinese crude inventories have dropped by less than 1 million barrels — a negligible amount. They currently sit at roughly 1.8 billion barrels, including strategic reserves.

Even more impressive: since March 2025, inventories have surged by +400 million barrels, a +29% jump. The Bloomberg chart tells the story clearly — a smooth, consistent climb throughout 2025 that flattens only slightly during the recent conflict, refusing to break downward.

🔸How China Absorbed the Shock

Chinese refiners didn’t just sit back. They responded with surgical precision:

🟠 Cut refinery runs to manage supply pressure

🟠 Aggressively bought discounted Iranian and Russian crude

🟠 Suspended fuel exports to protect domestic availability

Result: Iranian crude imports are heading toward a record 1.9 million barrels per day this month.

🔸The World’s Largest Oil Buffer

China holds the planet’s biggest oil cushion and uses it with remarkable discipline. By securing cheap barrels from sanctioned producers and building reserves steadily over time, Beijing has created a powerful shield for its economy.

While other nations face price spikes and supply worries, China’s industrial machine and household budgets remain largely protected.

🔸The Bigger Picture

China’s energy strategy shows that long-term planning, diversified sourcing, and calm execution can turn potential crises into minor bumps in the road.

As tensions continue in the Middle East, the world is watching how this disciplined approach plays out — and what other nations might learn from it.

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🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱 HEZBOLLAH'S FPV DRONES ARE EATING ISRAELI TANKS ALIVE

Hezbollah keeps destroying Israeli tanks and armored vehicles in southern Lebanon with cheap kamikaze drones. Israel’s expensive high-tech defenses are failing hard, showing they were built for old threats, not this new warfare reality.

🔸 Trophy APS (Active Protection System) is almost useless here. This Israeli system is designed to shoot down fast incoming missiles and RPGs, but it struggles with slow, sneaky FPV drones that attack from the roof or back angles where the radars can’t see them well.

🔸 Fiber-optic drones leave ZERO radio signal. These drones drag a super-thin glass cable (only 0.2-0.3mm thick) behind them. Control and video travel through light pulses in the cable — no radio waves at all. Israel’s jammers and systems like Drone Dome can’t detect or stop them. Russia first used them successfully in Ukraine in 2024; now Hezbollah has them with Chinese spools up to 60km long.

🔸 $400–500 drone + 1961 Soviet PG-7 warhead is knocking out $6–10 million Merkava Mk.4 tanks and heavily armored Namer Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Confirmed hits in early April also took out a D9 bulldozer and Eitan APC.

🔸 Big ambush on IDF 7th Brigade: 136 Merkava Mk4 tanks claimed destroyed or disabled + 2 D9 bulldozers by April 8th, the heaviest Israeli armored losses in over 40 years. Soldiers had to abandon their burning vehicles and walk away.

🔸 The humiliation: Israel’s Ministry of Defense just rushed out a tender for 12,000 of these same manual FPV drones — basically copying what Hezbollah is already beating them with.

Nasrallah’s famous 2000 “spider’s web” speech about Israel’s weakness just came true as a real fiber thread.

Why do you think the Israeli forces are still defending for a outdated war?

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🚨🇮🇷Iran War Crushes Global Sulfur Supply

Supply chains are fracturing. The Iran conflict is throttling the global sulfur market—an obscure but indispensable commodity now dragging food, mining, and pharmaceutical sectors into crisis.

🔸Sulfur: Invisible Backbone of Industry

Sulfur rarely makes headlines, yet it is the foundation for sulfuric acid. Produced mainly as a byproduct of oil and gas refining, this acid powers everything from fertilizer manufacturing to metal extraction and pharmaceutical production. When sulfur supply falters, the effects cascade across the global economy.

🔸Middle East: Sulfur Superpower

The Middle East accounts for roughly half of all global sulfur exports, supplying China, India, Indonesia, and the United States. With the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed by conflict, these critical flows have almost stopped overnight. Analysts now describe the situation as “uncharted territory” because of the region’s unmatched dominance.

🔸Market Already Stretched Thin

Even before the war escalated in February, sulfur supplies were tight. The conflict in Ukraine rising fertilizer demand, and Indonesia’s booming nickel industry had already pushed prices near three- and four-year highs. The Iran conflict has simply poured fuel on the fire—energy production slumps, sulfur output drops, and prices have skyrocketed.

🔸Nations Prioritize Self-Protection

Countries are now prioritizing domestic needs. Turkey has banned sulfur exports. India is considering similar restrictions. Starting in May, China—the world’s top sulfur importer and a major sulfuric acid exporter—will halt overseas shipments of acid from copper and zinc smelting to shield its own industries.

🔸Why Alternatives Fall Short

Sulfuric acid has few substitutes. Alternative supplies from around the world cannot match the volumes previously exported by the Middle East. As one analyst noted, even combining every potential new source still leaves a significant shortfall. The result is a tightening squeeze with no quick fix.

🔸Shockwaves Hit Key Sectors

🟠Agriculture: Fertilizer prices are climbing again, adding pressure to food markets already strained by the war.

🟠Mining: Indonesian nickel producers face output cuts. In Africa, where over 90% of imported sulfur comes from the Middle East, copper mines could shut down within weeks.

🟠Beyond: Pharmaceutical and metals sectors are watching nervously as costs rise and availability shrinks.

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🚨🇨🇳🔥 China's Historic Breakthrough in Aviation History: Turned Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel

Chinese scientists are advancing a technology that converts greenhouse gases into aviation fuel — moving it out of the laboratory and toward large-scale industrial production.

A team from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled an industrial pathway for converting carbon dioxide directly into jet fuel.

🔸 The process effectively runs combustion in reverse: waste gas reacts with water, reassembling molecules into energy-dense liquid fuel.

🔸 For years, two obstacles hindered the technology — carbon chains struggled to grow, and the yield of valuable long-chain products remained low.

🔸 Chinese scientists overcame these barriers using an iron-based catalyst modified with potassium and aluminium.

🔸 At just 330°C and moderate pressure, the catalyst produces 453.7 milligrams of heavy olefins per gram of catalyst per hour.

🔸 The fraction convertible directly into jet fuel reaches 252.7 milligrams per gram per hour.

🔸 The catalyst maintained stable performance through an 800-hour continuous run — a strong indicator that the technology is ready for industrial scale-up.

Planes require continuous, high-density energy that batteries cannot provide. While alternatives such as waste cooking oil offer limited supply, the CO₂ route promises scalable production.

Chinese scientists expect this pathway to reach cost parity within a decade — transforming a greenhouse gas from a global liability into a strategic asset.

This breakthrough strengthens China's push for energy independence by turning emissions into strategic fuel. It positions China to influence future aviation fuel standards and supply chains globally. If scaled, it could reduce reliance on oil imports, reshaping energy geopolitics.

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🚨🇨🇳China’s Truck-Mounted Nuclear Reactor: New Frontier in Mobile Energy

China is testing what has been described as the "world's first 10-megawatt vehicle-mounted nuclear power unit" — a prototype nuclear reactor compact enough to be carried on a truck.

The announcement was made by Wu Yican, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science in a statement to Science and Technology Daily. Wu described the device as a "nuclear power bank" — a next-generation nuclear energy system offering decades of operational life without recharging.

Its listed applications include:

🟠Power output: up to 10 MW(e) – enough to supply a medium‑sized AI data centre.

🟠Operational life: “decades without recharging” (i.e. no refuelling for the entire design life).

🟠Size: highly compact, able to be carried on a standard truck.
Intended applications: remote regions, islands, emergency backup, ship propulsion, space systems, and AI/data‑centre support.

🔸The timing is notable

Global tech giants including Microsoft and Google are already exploring small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet AI's massive power demands. China is positioning itself at the forefront of this nuclear-AI convergence.

Domestically, China already operates 59 commercial nuclear units, generating 467.7 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025 — accounting for 4.82% of national electricity demand. China's first SMR, the Linglong One, is also scheduled to begin commercial operations in the first half of 2026.

Wu predicted that over the next decade, nuclear science will drive changes in industrial safety, advanced manufacturing, medicine and other fields.

🔸Conclusion

The truck‑mounted 10 MW nuclear reactor being tested in China represents a tangible step toward mobile, high‑density, carbon‑free power. Its success could offer a new model for supplying reliable electricity to AI data centres and other critical facilities, while further cementing China’s role as a leader in advanced nuclear technology.

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🚨🇮🇷The Iran Conflict's Hidden Crisis: Global Fertilizer Supply in Freefall

Since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, following the US-Israeli Operation Epic Fury and closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the consequences have extended far beyond oil and gas — they are now threatening global food security.

The Middle East accounts for ~45% of global urea trade, the world's most widely used nitrogen fertilizer. According to commodities consultancy CRU Group, 55–60% of the region's urea output has potentially been halted — a figure that encompasses production disruptions in Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman.

🔸According to Bloomberg and ship-tracking firm Kpler, since the conflict began:

🟠 Only 11 ships carrying fertilizer have transited the Strait

🟠 Just 4 of those carried urea

🟠 44 fertilizer vessels remain stranded in the Persian Gulf

🟠 Nearly half are laden with urea

"The market problem is not just lost production, but products that cannot move," said Senior CRU analyst Pranshi Goyal.

🔸Price Surge

🟠 Urea prices have surged approximately 50% since the war began

🟠 Ammonia prices rose roughly 20%

🟠 US port urea prices rose over 25%, prompting the American Farm Bureau Federation to write directly to President Trump warning of a national security-level "production shock"

Producers are using vessels as floating storage, but full ships can't exit and empty ones can't enter. If storage fills up, plants face forced shutdowns—and "nitrogen plant restarts are not a switch," warns CRU's Pranshi Goyal.

The world's top urea importers—India (18%), Brazil (10%), China (8%)—are most exposed. The UN is seeking a safe shipping corridor for fertilizer and humanitarian goods, but no agreement yet. Food inflation risk is rising.

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🚨🇨🇳🇺🇸PENTAGON IN PANIC MODE: CHINA WILL MATCH U.S. NAVAL POWER BY THE 2030s

America is showing off its huge navy in the Iran war — with 20 warships, 3 aircraft carriers, and over 100 daily strikes from far away. But China is watching — and saying: "That's exactly how NOT to do it." Beijing is following the same global strength, but smarter.

🔸 The US Navy is the only fleet today that can sustain months-long, high-intensity operations thousands of km from home bases — China is rapidly closing that gap.

🔸 China is expanding its fleet with new aircraft carriers, helicopter carriers, and large landing ships specifically designed for operations far beyond Taiwan.

🔸 By the early 2030s, China will be ready for complex missions like supporting friendly countries with sea and air forces — according to expert Sidharth Kaushal of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI.)

🔸 Key challenges remain: the “first island chain” (Japan-Taiwan-Philippines) blocks easy access to the open ocean, only one overseas base in Djibouti, and a remaining lag in quiet nuclear-powered attack submarines.

🔸 China is investing in big manned warships as essential command centers for drones, lasers, railguns, and energy weapons — plus they handle real-world diplomatic tasks like boarding ships to control sea routes

🔸 Instead of copying the US model, China is carefully analyzing its weaknesses: vulnerable carriers, heavy reliance on complex supply lines, and the steep political price of endless global missions.

🔸 This is shaping a smarter alternative strategy — prioritizing strong regional dominance supported by advanced tech, drone swarms, and asymmetric tools rather than pure worldwide power projection.

Do you think China will have a powerful global naval presence by 2030?

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🚨🇷🇺🇮🇷 IRAN WAR PROVES: NATO IS NOT READY TO FACE RUSSIA

The Iran war showed the world that NATO stayed on the sidelines — yet it exposed serious weaknesses that would make any fight against Russia very difficult for the alliance.

🔸 AMMO RUNNING OUT FAST: The US used up about half its Patriot missiles. French Aster and Mica stocks dropped quickly in just weeks. Russia produces 6,000 to 7,000 attack drones every month, UK’s RUSI expert Justin Bronk reports.

🔸 AIR POWER LIMITS: Iran launched over 5,000 missiles and drones despite US attacks. This proves heavy bombing alone cannot win modern wars. Russia’s deep strike and drone tactics are working well.

🔸 WEAK NAVIES: Britain’s HMS Dragon took three weeks to deploy, then returned due to technical problems. Many European fleets are underinvested and not ready after years of focusing only on land forces.

🔸 GROWING DISUNITY: Europe ignored Trump’s calls for support. Trump called NATO a “paper tiger.” This raises real doubts about whether the US would fully commit if Russia acts.

Do you think NATO is capable of sustaining a prolonged DIRECT war against Russia, or will it continue to use Ukraine as cannon fodder?

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🇺🇸⚓️⚠️ U.S. Navy’s Biggest Challenge No One Talks About

The U.S. Navy is undertaking a significant review of its future aircraft carrier force. Years of cost overruns, technical delays, and reliability issues with the Ford-class have forced the Navy to reconsider its entire carrier strategy.

Each Ford-class ship costs well over $13 billion, making them among the most expensive military platforms in history.

🔸 The Ford class was designed to replace older Nimitz-class carriers on a one-for-one basis, incorporating EMALS catapults, advanced arresting gear, improved nuclear reactors, and automation that reduces crew size.

🔸 These features are intended to increase sortie generation rates, reduce long-term operating costs, and enhance combat capability.

🔸 Years of cost overruns, delays, and technical issues — particularly with new catapult and weapons elevator systems.

🔸 Questions have risen in political and military circles about whether the benefits justify the $13 billion price tag per ship.

Possible outcomes:

🔸 An updated or modified Ford design incorporating lessons learned.

🔸 A shift to smaller "light carriers" with fewer aircraft but greater numbers and survivability against anti-ship missiles.

🔸 Slowing production, modifying design, or cancelling some planned vessels.

Despite uncertainties, the Navy is not abandoning carriers. Senior officials emphasize they remain central to U.S. military strategy, providing power projection, deterrence, and flexibility.

But the USS Gerald R. Ford has demonstrated persistent maintenance challenges — underscoring the risks of introducing so many innovations at once.

The United States Navy faces a pivotal choice between maintaining dominance and managing unsustainable costs. While supercarriers retain considerable combat capabilities, they are becoming more and more difficult to justify in terms of cost and vulnerability.

Emerging threats and budget pressures are forcing a rethink of traditional naval doctrine. The future fleet may prioritize flexibility and survivability over sheer size and prestige.

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🚨🇮🇷🇨🇳 IRAN WAR JUST BLEW UP AMERICA’S CHINA WAR PLANS

The short war with Iran didn’t just burn through US missiles — it proved America is nowhere near ready for a real fight with China.

🔸 MISSILE STOCKPILES GUTTED: In just the first 40 days, the US fired off huge amounts of its best air defense and attack missiles.

🔸 BASES TURNED INTO EASY TARGETS: US bases in the Middle East got hammered by Iranian drones, missiles, and jets — buildings wrecked, radars destroyed, and troops forced to work from hotels.

🔸 AIR DEFENSES FAILED HARD: Iran knocked out key US radars and ground defenses, showing they can’t protect bases even against a weaker enemy.

🔸 STAND-OFF WEAPONS DIDN’T WORK: US only destroyed about 50% of Iran’s missiles and launchers — they couldn’t stop the attacks completely. China has way more, Western sources reports.

🔸 NO REAL AIR OR SEA CONTROL: US planes still faced risks and Navy ships had to stay far away. Their blockade let many Iranian ships through.

🔸 DRONE PROBLEM EXPOSED: Iran beat the US in drone use (air and sea). America is far behind, while China is the world leader — no “hellscape” for Chinese forces.

America’s whole Pacific strategy relies on these same bases, carriers, and long-range strikes… and they just failed against Iran.

Do you think the U.S. stands a chance in a great power war against China?

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🚨🇨🇳 Strait of Malacca: World's Next Flashpoint After Hormuz?

The Strait of Hormuz has dominated global headlines since late February 2026 — but a strategically more consequential move is taking shape in Southeast Asia — one that fits a recognizable pattern of US strategic encirclement of China.

On April 13, 2026, Washington signed a Major Defense Cooperation Partnership (MDCP) with Indonesia, covering military modernisation, joint training, and maritime defense technologies. The US is also seeking expanded access to Indonesian airspace — a request Jakarta says is still under "careful review." But the framework is already in place.

🔸Why Malacca Matters

🟠 75–80% of China's imported oil transits the strait daily

🟠 24% of all global seaborne trade flows through it

🟠 At its narrowest — the Phillips Channel — it is just 2.8 km wide

🟠 No adequate alternative exists: detours add 1,000–1,500 nautical miles or 10–15 extra days at sea

China's alternatives — the Myanmar pipeline (440,000 bpd vs. 11 million daily import needs), Central Asian pipelines (~10% of imports), the CPEC via Gwadar, and seasonal Arctic routes — fall drastically short.

The US doesn't need to fire a shot. Naval presence near the Phillips Channel and military access to Indonesian facilities creates economic coercion without direct conflict — the same logic applied at Hormuz.

Any disruption paralyses the entire Global South — India, Southeast Asia, and East Africa all depend on Malacca for food, fuel, and industrial imports. Singapore's 40 million containers and Malaysia's Port Klang would be effectively frozen.

Indonesia holds co-sovereignty over the strait alongside Malaysia and Singapore. But history shows that once US military infrastructure embeds itself in a region, the terms of sovereignty tend to shift.

Indonesia has so far maintained its traditional non-alignment posture, preserving strong economic ties with both China and Russia even as it formalises the MDCP with Washington. Its co-sovereignty over the strait — shared with Malaysia and Singapore — means it retains sovereign authority over how the waterway is used.

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🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON’S SWEATING: CHINA INTRODUCES NEW DRONE INTERCEPTOR

China just unveiled SKYLARK’s R7D — a compact, AI-powered portable interceptor built to crush low-altitude FPV swarms and loitering munitions reshaping modern battlefields.

🔸 5KM CEILING at 420 km/h with 3km engagement range — optimized to shred mass drone attacks before they reach targets.

🔸 Fires from lightweight portable R7L launcher; high-res camera + built-in AI precision tracking for instant autonomous locks.

🔸 High-strength carbon fiber beams, smart cooling air ducts & ultra-low-drag composite body for sustained high-performance ops.

🔸 8 BEAUFORT WIND RESISTANCE + lightweight materials deliver rugged mobility in brutal real-world conditions.

🔸 Low-latency VTX transmitter ensures rock-solid control even in jammed electromagnetic environments the West still battles.

Do you think the U.S. is prepared for large-scale drone warfare?

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🚨🛢⛽️ Everyone’s Watching Crude — But the Real Crisis Is Refining

Since the escalation of the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, crude supply disruptions have captured global attention. However, the increasing deficit in refined products — jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline — poses a potentially deeper and more enduring challenge.

🔸 Energy Aspects estimates that over 450 million barrels of product output have been lost since the conflict began.

🔸 Refinery run cuts globally are in the range of 5-6 million barrels per day.

🔸 Unlike crude, where OPEC retains some spare capacity, there is no equivalent buffer in the refining system. Global refineries were already operating at or near maximum utilization before the crisis began.

🔸 Distillates (diesel/gasoil): The Middle East and Asia account for a large share of global exports. European diesel stocks are well below five-year minimums and falling.

🔸 Jet fuel: European jet stocks are critically low — in some markets, just weeks of supply remain. Stock-outs are possible later in the summer if the disruption persists.

🔸 Gasoline: The percentage of refineries producing gasoline over jet and diesel has fallen to nearly zero. Atlantic basin gasoline shortages are emerging just as summer driving season approaches.

🔸 Tapping strategic oil reserves is a temporary fix, not a real solution. It buys time but does not replace lost refinery production. Every barrel used today must be replaced later.

🔸 Asian refiners are under the most pressure right now. They are using reserves, cutting production, and limiting exports to keep enough fuel at home.

🔸 The shortage will hit Western markets in May and June.

The global refining system faces a severe, enduring supply deficit that cannot be mitigated by strategic reserves, risking widespread fuel shortages.

The lack of spare capacity in refining amplifies vulnerabilities, underscoring the need for urgent, long-term solutions. Without intervention, persistent shortages could severely impact transportation, economies, and energy security worldwide.

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🚨🇮🇷U.S. AIR FORCE NIGHTMARE: IRAN'S CHEAP HEAT-SEEKERS

Iran’s low-tech heat-seeking missiles are turning into a brutal reality check for America’s high-tech airpower — cheap to build, passive, and lethal against low-level US jets and drones caught off-guard in Operation Epic Fury.

🔸 DOZENS DOWNED: US has already lost several dozen aircraft & drones to Iranian fire, including an F-15E Strike Eagle downed two weeks ago (pilot & WSO rescued) + F-35 near-miss in mid-March.

🔸 INVISIBLE THREAT: Imaging IR MANPADS lock onto engine heat signatures with zero radar emissions — no lock-on warning, proximity fuze detonates on near-miss for massive damage.

🔸 DOMESTIC ARSENAL: Iran reverse-engineers thousands of Soviet/Russian systems, mass-producing simple modular heat-seekers domestically with Cold War-era tech anyone can copy.

🔸 LOW-ALTITUDE KILL ZONE: Shoulder-fired ambushes and saturation launches make ground-attack runs, helicopters & drones extremely vulnerable — forcing Pentagon to rewrite low-level tactics.

How do you think the U.S. could counter these systems?

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