Americanism, not effective altruism. The United States will continue to be AI DOMINANT! 🇺🇸

Confirmed: @AnthropicAI = Supply Chain Risk. The @DeptofWar does what is right for the Country and our Warriors.

Under Secretary Emil Michael (@USWREMichael) on the origin of the Department of War deeming @AnthropicAI a supply chain risk, following the success of OPERATION ABSOLUTE RESOLVE:

The American people elected one Commander in Chief, not a private company, to lead the United States military. AMERICANISM WINS. 🇺🇸

The D.C. Circuit has upheld @DeptofWar's decision to exclude Anthropic’s Claude from its supply chain based on risks to national security.

The hammer of justice has smashed @AnthropicAI arguments. They are a Supply Chain Risk to the defense industrial base serving the @DeptofWar. Warfighters will sleep better knowing that no private company will insert their opinions in the chain of command. @SecWar was right!

We defend our territory, our people and our dignity. Never ever surrender. 🇺🇸

The whole world admires the unrivaled greatness of the United States military. 🇺🇸

REBUILDING THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM 🇺🇸

In July, @CENTCOM forces struck an Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility using three Corsair unmanned surface vessels—the first combat employment of sea drones in American military history. This is the new COMMERCIAL FIRST Department of War in action, where new entrant companies like @Saronic can rapidly deliver and scale lethal technology for the Joint Force. We will ensure our warfighters NEVER enter a fair fight. 🇺🇸

.@SECWAR “Just this last June, two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache pilots went down in contested waters near Oman. Saronic’s rapidly fielded, 24-foot autonomous vessel, built right here in Austin—the Corsair USV—navigated forward and safely pulled the two pilots out of harm’s way, marking the first known combat search and rescue mission executed by an autonomous surface vessel in American history. Those pilots are alive today because of the innovation that takes place under this very roof."

.@SECWAR “The political swamp creatures in Washington, D.C. don't necessarily understand that mission. They are experts in the art of sitting back, lobbying, collecting a government paycheck, and coasting off the labor what was built by others. They produce nothing. They build nothing OR WORSE, THEY OUTSOURCE IT... But you? You are the experts of innovation. You are the builders of the very arsenal of freedom.”

First stop of the day on the Arsenal of Freedom Tour: @Saronic

We’ve reached another milestone in the @DeptofWar's race for American Drone Dominance. Just weeks after the conclusion of Gauntlet II, the Drone Dominance Program has selected the top five performers in both Deep Strike and Close Quarters Battle mission areas. Each will receive orders from a pool of 60,000 drones – 3x the scale of Gauntlet I. These drones are also cheaper, more capable, and sourced from a supply chain more closely tied to the American industrial base. View the winning companies and the updated leaderboard here: dronedominance.mil/leaderboa…

Victory is our only acceptable end state. 🇺🇸

Under Secretary Emil Michael (@USWREMichael) on the @DeptofWar's focus on scaling directed energy weapons: "The stronger the beam is, the bigger the munition it can take down, and the farther it can go. But then, the bigger it is. So, can you start to make the size of the [system] smaller so you can move it around, make it more mobile?... How do we engineer to perfect these systems so they're better for every scenario?"

Under Secretary Emil Michael (@USWREMichael) on the @DeptofWar's announcement of the @USNavy's first advanced nuclear Micro Modular Reactor installation at Naval Weapons Station Crane, Indiana: “We are, thankfully, going through a renaissance in nuclear technology... Military bases need power that’s uninterrupted, not connected to the grid... You’re talking about, hopefully, an explosion in the abundance of energy.”

Under Secretary Emil Michael (@USWREMichael) on why the @DeptofWar must address cost asymmetry: “It is not tenable in the long term to shoot down a $50,000 drone with a multimillion-dollar missile. It is more tenable—and creates a sense of deterrence—to be able to shoot down a $40,000 drone with a $5 laser shot.”

"It's a sort of dystopian, ‘Brave New World’ view of the world, where machines that are using 1s and 0s are going to have no bias and are going to decide the perfectly rational and best thing for everyone on Earth. It's a strange philosophical concept, and I don't think it's a place any normal person wants to live in. But that is the animation of a lot of these companies. They've now distanced themselves from it, but the detritus of that philosophy still lives inside these companies in my view." - Under Secretary Emil Michael (@USWREMichael)