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Trump, Venezuela, and the PPF4
There’s a weird, wild piece of tech chatter blowing up everywhere right now — social feeds, comment threads, memes — all about what some people are calling a sonic weapon used by U.S. forces during the recent raid to capture Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro . One widely circulated eyewitness account describes defenders suddenly overwhelmed by something that felt like “very intense sound waves” — causing nosebleeds, vomiting blood, and collapse before the main assault even hit. I

Rich Washburn
Jan 103 min read


Software-Defined Combat Nodes: When War Becomes a Network
COVID did for remote work what the Russia-Ukraine war is doing for drone warfare. The pandemic didn’t invent Zoom, Teams, or Slack — it simply forced every organization on Earth to use them. Overnight, “digital transformation” went from strategy deck buzzword to survival tactic. Warfare is now having the same moment. From Platforms to Packets In June 2024, Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb didn’t just destroy aircraft — it rewrote doctrine. Drones launched from inside Russia’s b

Rich Washburn
Oct 26, 20253 min read
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