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Poisonings, cyber-attacks, sabotage of infrastructure – these have become so common it is increasingly hard to think that Russia is not at war with us.
America is pursuing a route that will shackle its biotech industry to the socialist policies of Europe, the UK and Canada. At the same time,
Justin Sanchez • August 5, 2025
Elevating AI and chips to national priorities is essential, but it’s also time to give biotechnology and biosecurity the same strategic focus. The U.S. should stop treating biosecurity as a low-visibility, high-impact endeavor and recommit to biotechnology as a launchpad for economic prosperity, with biosecurity as the guardrails that keep us accelerating in the right direction into the future.
Modern air defense systems have become important instruments, shaping contemporary politics.
With the rapid closing of the “Davidson window,” the more the U.S. can do to stockpile oil for military use, the better.
The manufacturing boom won’t materialize without greater effort by private industry, government agencies, educational institutions and non-profits.
Nuclear energy, which currently provides about 20% of electricity in the U.S. is uniquely well-positioned to fill the gap.
Defense electronics are the endgame, and scaling up mineral capacity without doing the same for electronics will lead to failure.
The Navy has other options for adding more firepower at sea rather than returning the battleships for yet another period of active duty.
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