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American nuclear weapons, specifically the atomic bomb, ended World War II. They then succeeded in avoiding a hot war with the Soviet Union and promoted decades of global stability. The superweapons crucial to the next great conflict will be digital and run on supercomputers (specifically specialized chips called “GPUs”), with the ability to break codes, cripple the economies of our enemies, and destroy their weapons from within. Just as the US military needs the best planes and ships in the world, the US military needs a supercomputer to deter future conflicts before they begin. Our adversaries must understand that attacking the United States or our allies in Taiwan will put them within range of the world's most powerful cyber weapons and will not prevent us from producing one.
The strategic supercomputer saves lives and ends wars by powering future technologies at unprecedented scales and speeds. This means our military leaders can simulate battles before they happen to identify weaknesses and opportunities. Our forces on the front lines will have an overwhelming information advantage due to systems that sift through data from thousands of satellites, drones and sensors around the world. Pro-Trump, pro-American companies like Anduril and Palantir have already achieved billion-dollar valuations building AI-powered systems and software ranging from autonomous fighter planes to swarms of suicide drones.
Why this kind of The supercomputer is such a powerful deterrent? A state with this ability can out-build, think, maneuver, and outlast its opponents in proportion to the available computing power. AI accelerates the development of new technologies and makes existing technologies work faster and better. The strategic supercomputer could build and operate innovative AI-powered cyber weapons while protecting American leadership in both industry and combat.
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In the interest of candor, I should point out that I am a serial founder whose mission to advance American technological dominance led me to build HydraHost, the American Ingenuity Foundation, and Fabius Labs. Hydra Host provides data centers and AI innovators with the GPUs and software they need to maintain American supremacy. While I have a personal interest in expanding America's AI and GPU dominance, I make the following recommendation on behalf of my country's global leadership and national security.
Why is this type of supercomputer such a strong deterrent? A country with this ability can outperform its opponents in building, thinking, maneuvering, and withstanding.
America is not the only country that has this idea. America's allies in Europe They all started building their own supercomputers and government AI programs. Even more worrying is that China has targeted a massive 50%+ year-over-year increase in computing power to catch up with the US. China is withholding details of its most advanced supercomputers, and its secret investments coincide with repeated threats by President Xi Jinping to invade Taiwan, the West's leading chip manufacturing partner and a launching point for the rest of the Pacific region.
Allowing China to catch up would not only be disastrous for Taiwan. That would be a disaster for the United States and the free world, which has been governed by our military and nuclear capabilities since World War II. America's superweapons once prevented global communist tyranny, and we must prepare for them to do so again.
America is elected President Trump To defend America while saving taxpayer money. We must then discuss why this is not only a good defense policy, but one of the best investments we can make overall.
Unlike most military hardware, supercomputers can be used productively in peacetime, supporting vital government, industrial, and scientific functions. We spend billions refurbishing our military weapons every year, and unlike traditional military weapons, GPUs provide immediate and massive benefit for important civilian applications.
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We should not be afraid of obsolescence. The advantages of scale persist even as new technologies come to market, meaning we can do more with a fast, last-generation supercomputer than with many last-generation weapons against a peer or near-peer on the battlefield. More computing power for a GPU leads to superior results, regardless of hardware generation – and pretty much outweighs any benefits of having no range at all. Will we stop improving and renewing our rockets if rocket innovation takes off? Free markets generate an unstoppable wave of innovation for us to either catch or spend the next century chasing.
Building and maintaining a national supercomputer brings critical manufacturing capabilities and thousands of good-paying jobs home. The national supercomputer can support the construction of domestic chip manufacturing facilities through Advance market commitments: The promise to buy the product once it is successfully developed. Such a program should include advance market commitments for domestically manufactured chips that meet the needs of US military targets.
the Covid-19 pandemic Show us that it's better to buy chips during a supply boom than at price tags when something breaks. If a conflict were to arise in the Pacific region, the global semiconductor supply chain would likely collapse, and we would need to purchase chips either way.
The US defense budget amounts to about $800 billion, and it only takes a small portion to build a dominant national security capability and the American industrial “Leviathan.” This significant investment will cost less than 5% of total military aid to Ukraine and is roughly equivalent to the cost of 80 F-35 fighter jets, of which we already have about 630 and plan to supply. Buy about 1,800 more.
An investment in a supercomputer dedicated to national defense is an investment in American manufacturing, American jobs, American security, and American resiliency—an investment we cannot afford not to make.
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Of course, having the world's greatest supercomputer does not in itself guarantee victory or deterrence at the nuclear level. Nuclear weapons and other next-generation platforms extend our reach, but they do not replace it A full range of complementary capabilities for the Army And the doctrine.
The US military should be the most innovative and flexible defense force in the world. Building a strategic supercomputer is a sensible defense and critical industrial policy.
Similarly, Artificial intelligence is transforming and extendingBut it does not replace the way human decision-makers wage war. If we build our supergroup correctly and with the right urgency, there will be a response, and human strategists will need to manage the arms race they have accelerated. Achieving deterrence at the nuclear level requires exploiting similarly powerful software, data, models, doctrine, diplomatic resources, and military infrastructure.
Our government must have the capacity and boldness to move forward with all of the above to build a comprehensive AI defense complex before a global adversary catches up. We have to use our progress if we want to maintain it.
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The US military should be the most innovative and flexible defense force in the world. Building a strategic supercomputer constitutes a sensible defense policy and a decisive industrial policy consistent with current national semiconductor goals.
The new Trump administration, too Ministry of Defense And Congress, they must work together to develop and fortify this new pillar of our economy, build our resilience against supply disruptions, bring critical manufacturing closer to home, establish the United States as the leading authority in AI and GPUs, and give the American people a master key. A lever to shape the next era of this foundational technology.
