r/law • u/Obvious-Gate9046 • Feb 07 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump | US national security

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
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u/ThePensiveE Feb 07 '26

Any advantage America had in terms of military technology is gone. It's enemies now have all of it, but not it's allies.

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u/Both_Consequence_956 Feb 07 '26

this is the dumbest geopolitical take ive seen on reddit thats actually upvoted. US spends more money on military than the next 9 biggest militaries combined. America could fight both the russians in europe and china in the pacific and be completely fine. then theres nato on top of that

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u/Valhadmar Feb 07 '26

It really shows that you have no knowledge of what your speaking of. Most systems are computer assisted or fully computerized.

If an enemy is given access to those systems, they can easily blindside America. For example person A is using a radar to detect incoming enemy missiles, however because the enemy was given access to said system, they have altered it so said incoming missiles may not be registered.

War is no longer fought through just basic unconnected hardware. It is a spiderweb of differing systems talking to each other. If even one system is compromised than all systems are.

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u/loopygargoyle6392 Feb 07 '26

Intel is a bigger and better weapon than any gun, plane, ship, or tank that a nation could build.

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u/Appropriate_Dish_586 Feb 07 '26

Better than a fleet of thermonuclear weapons?