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Speeding Up the “Kill Chain”: Pentagon Bombs Thousands of Targets in Iran Using Palantir AI

2026-03-18 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues, we look at how the Pentagon is using artificial intelligence in its operations. The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon. Craig Jones, an expert on modern warfare, says AI technology is helping militaries speed up the “kill chain,” the process of identifying, approving and striking targets. “You’re reducing a massive human workload of tens of thousands of hours into seconds and minutes. You’re reducing workflows, and you’re automating human-made targeting decisions in ways which open up all kinds of problematic legal, ethical and political questions,” says Jones. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@synclavier5405 2026-03-18

The Palantir CEO is an absolute psychopath. He needs to be added to the War Criminals list

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@MinShen-i1e 2026-03-18

Ordinary people pay with their lives for the mistakes made by dirty politicians

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@jerrybriardy 2026-03-18

"Humans will always make the final decison what to shoot and not to shoot." - So he admits killing the little girls was a war crime.

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@wasp.watcher 2026-03-18

The fact that they waited for first responders and parents to arrive before double tapping kind of puts the lie to this entire framing.

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@jayse1834 2026-03-18

There was NO oversight ! They just made the decision to bomb the entire area .

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@gdj-k012 2026-03-18

The Palantir CEO would tell you those girls would ruin the fabric of society if it meant he'd make another buck and he thought he could get away with it.

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@judithmackay7158 2026-03-18

According to Scott Ritter there used to be a human check on targets but this was removed by Hegseth.

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@thomasevans1501 2026-03-18

These are all war crimes, whether AI was involved or not, whether it's incompetence or intentional it's still a crime against humanity and should carry direct consequences for those responsible.

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@dartok2000 2026-03-18

Anyone who trusts something like Chatgpt to tell you who to kill must be out of his mind...

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@soheilward5728 2026-03-18

Violence begets violence. Spinning the wheel of hate.

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