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Unlike the White House, China's Ministry of Commerce made no mention of rare earths in its own summary published on Saturday.
A weaker actor does not need to defeat a stronger adversary militarily. It only needs to force it into economically unsustainable defensive patterns. As analysts observed of the 2026 Red Sea engagements, every time a $2 million interceptor destroys a $20,000 drone, the defending power’s strategic influence contracts. Victory is no longer secured through decisive battles but through the gradual exhaustion of resources — a logic of attrition that penalises technological sophistication itself. The Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, budgeted at roughly $7.5 billion for counter-drone systems in 2026, is an early acknowledgement that even the world’s most-funded military cannot sustain the old cost curve indefinitely. This further unveils a new dynamics where geopolitics (control over Hornuz) is used as a successful deterrent to nukes.
A 52-year-old man died in police custody Saturday night following a 90-second struggle with Mesa officers during a bicycle stop. Officers utilized physical strikes and a Taser after he allegedly fled a traffic stop for a missing bicycle light and resisted arrest. The official cause of death remains unknown and will be determined by the Medical Examiner as the investigation into the incident continues.
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