We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
Prime Minister Netanyahu at the beginning of the cabinet meeting:
I greatly appreciate the support of President Biden and the American administration for Israel. Since the beginning of the war, the US has given us support in spirit and material - with means of defense and means of attack.
But about four months ago, there was a dramatic drop in the supply of armaments arriving from the US to Israel. For weeks we asked our American friends to speed up the shipments. We did it time and time again. We did it at the highest levels, and at all levels, and I want to emphasize - we did it in private rooms. We got all kinds of explanations, but one thing we didn't get: the basic situation didn't change. Certain items arrived in trickles, but the great mass of armaments remained behind.*
After months of the lack of change in this situation, I decided to give it a public expression. I did this out of years of experience, and knowing that this step is essential to extracting the traffic jam. I expected that this would involve personal attacks against me from home and abroad, as happened when I opposed the nuclear deal with Iran, as happened and continues to happen when I repeatedly opposed the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state, and as is happening now when I oppose ending the war while leaving Hamas intact. But I am ready to suffer personal attacks for the sake of Israel's security.
As Prime Minister of Israel, my role is to do everything to ensure that our heroic fighters have the best means of combat.
In light of what I have heard in the past day, I hope and believe that this issue will be resolved in the near future. But I would like to emphasize, and I have also said this to our American friends - We have one measure and it has always tipped the scales: the bravery and determination of our fighters - and with this weapon we We will win."
The Phantom MK1 is the first US humanoid robot built explicitly for combat.
$150k per unit. Ballistic armor.
Stealth coating that hides it from thermal sensors.
Can carry 20kg of weapons or equipment.
Reports claim two units are already being tested on the frontlines in Ukraine.
War is about to look very different...
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⚡️ - Some of my observations, now that nearly a month of this (4 day) war has passed:
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Israel's interceptor arsenal, except the Iron Dome, has hit a critical stage more than a week ago. It's "Arrow-II/III" inventory is nearly completely depleted; thus the chance of impacts increased exponentially.
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The degradation of CENTCOM radars has been apparent since the very start of the conflict, after Iranian strikes. To compensate, the USAF has been conducting more AWACS sorties, including "E-3B Sentry", "E-2 Hawkeye" AEW and "U-2".
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Israel expended a large % of it's stand-off munitions in this campaign, nearly half. This would not be the case if their use was not necessary.
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The IAF and the USAF are capable of entering deep into Iranian airspace due to established air-corridors made possible through Iran's mountainous terrain, which also makes Iranian IADS coverage limited. This is paired with the US Navy's TLAM strikes targeting these installations, alongside USAF HARM strikes & EW jamming ...
🇨🇭🏦 Is this the beginning of a repeat of Lehman Bros 2008?
UBS just halted withdrawals of a $469 million real estate fund and told investors they can't have their money back for up to 3 years.
Why does this matter? Back in June of 2007, Bear Stearns did the same thing at two of their hedge funds. One year later, Lehman Brothers collapsed and the global financial crisis happened.
UBS looked at their real estate portfolio, realized the buildings are not worth what they paid for them and they cannot sell them without admitting HUGE losses.
Commercial real estate office vacancies are at record highs. Buildings are worth a fraction of what they were. Everyone has been trying to avoid marking their portfolios down to actual current value. But they cannot ignore it any longer.
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Do you understand what just happened?
A guy in Florida asked ChatGPT to sell his house. Not help him sell it. SELL IT. Pricing, Marketing, Showings, Contract.. Everything.
Sold in 5 days.
The average real estate agent takes 6% commission. On a $400K house that's $24,000. For what? Putting it on Zillow and sending you emails?
This man paid $20 a month for ChatGPT and did the whole thing from his couch.
Real estate agents spent 20 years telling you the process is too complicated for normal people. That you need a professional. That the paperwork is too risky without them.
It was gatekept.
And a chatbot just kicked the gate open..
Lawyers are next, Accountants are next, Financial advisors are next.. Every profession that made you feel stupid so you'd pay them is about to get the same treatment.
The middleman economy is dying. And it's not dying because AI is smarter than them.. It's dying because AI proved you were always smart enough to do it yourself. You just weren't allowed ...
