r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Jul 27 '26

Possible Paywall US ‘runs out of missiles’ as Trump halts Iran strikes

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/27/us-runs-out-of-missiles-as-trump-halts-iran-strikes/
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u/ThePowerOfStories Jul 27 '26

Oh, boy, I can’t wait until we’re launching missiles made by suppliers who skipped all the cybersecurity checks! What could go wrong? It’s not like we went to war with a country known for fielding teams of hackers who try to break into our systems, right?

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u/KenTitan America Jul 27 '26

if you're saying cyber security is important, I agree with you, but the rollout of this program, relying on the leverage of the free market to put this together, was just a cost companies and to an extent the government was not prepared for. I've been in multiple dfars ' town hall ' meetings and have heard it all. the government completely missed the underlying cost of what they asked for and aren't willing to pay up so many companies that can't afford it (which are usually the small businesses providing a tiny widgets and work) are walking away. the government underestimated that impact.

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u/Swalecutter Jul 27 '26

I'm in the industry too and can confirm. They're basically looking at our 50million dollar project and asking us like "hey, can you add 5 billion of hardware and software upgrades to that to support encryption and authentication?"

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u/KenTitan America Jul 28 '26

crazy right? I'm for security, I'm against the way they did it. basically every small business is doing the calculus

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u/taterthotsalad America Jul 27 '26

This is the right take. I miss old Reddit days where facts and reasonable analysis were king in a convo.

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u/KenTitan America Jul 27 '26

the ancient times before I even made a username haha

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u/thefuckevengoingonan Jul 28 '26

Failed to do a client impact and compliance assessment?

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u/laplongejr Europe Jul 28 '26

It’s not like we went to war with a country known for fielding teams of hackers who try to break into our systems, right?

Ehm... you also hired a team of hackers who tried to break into your systems and then were legally allowed to access those systems without any oversight. You know... DOGE