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Dec 16, 2025

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15 min read

Deterrence Economics

The financial logic behind security guarantees and force design

Justin Nerdrum

Dec 11, 2025

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15 min read

Warfighter Economy

U.S. strategy hardens, industry consolidates, and the 2026 tech race accelerates.

Justin Nerdrum

Dec 3, 2025

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15 min read

The New Frontline

Tracking the shifts shaping tomorrow’s battlefields.

Justin Nerdrum

Nov 25, 2025

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13 min read

What’s Changing Fast

The Pentagon’s new priorities and why they matter for contracts, supply chains, and capability.

Justin Nerdrum

Nov 18, 2025

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10 min read

Signals & Frontlines

Shifts in Army structure, counter-drone readiness at home, and a reset in Europe’s arms policy.

Justin Nerdrum

Drones, Reactors, and the Return of Industrial Deterrence

Oct 15, 2025

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9 min read

Drones, Reactors, and the Return of Industrial Deterrence

Ukraine pushes for Tomahawks, the Army arms up for drone swarms, and new nuclear programs open billion-dollar lanes for contractors.

Justin Nerdrum

Sep 22, 2025

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8 min read

Stealth, Lasers, and Provocations

B-21s move closer to combat, lasers flip defense economics, and Russia pushes NATO across air and space.

Justin Nerdrum

Sep 19, 2025

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7 min read

Physics Doesn’t Negotiate

Hypersonic, quantum navigation, and a supply chain reckoning are reshaping how the U.S. fights, equips, and survives.

Justin Nerdrum

SITREP: Contracts, Cyber Wins & NDAA Shifts

Sep 8, 2025

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8 min read

SITREP: Contracts, Cyber Wins & NDAA Shifts

Your weekly frontline briefing on defense tech and market moves.

Justin Nerdrum

Archive

Deterrence Economics

Warfighter Economy

The New Frontline

What’s Changing Fast

Signals & Frontlines

Drones, Reactors, and the Return of Industrial Deterrence

Stealth, Lasers, and Provocations

Physics Doesn’t Negotiate

SITREP: Contracts, Cyber Wins & NDAA Shifts

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