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With war project, US tech ecosystem is beginning to look a lot like China’s

South China Morning Post9 October 2026, 12:30 UTCUnited States of America

The world’s wealthiest man has just been appointed to a Pentagon commission that will help decide what the future of warfare looks like. Elon Musk, alongside Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, is to lead “Project Meridian”. It follows a strategy by this White House that moves government and the tech sector ever closer. Project Meridian goes much further than the influence of defence contractors in Washington. It marks the beginning of Silicon...

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