Gaza was the Beta Test. Iran is the Product Launch.
Gaza was the Beta Test. Iran is the Product Launch.  
Podcast: The Rip Current
Published On: Tue Mar 03 2026
Description: This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theripcurrent.comFor decades, Israel has deployed new weapons systems in Gaza, collected data on what works, refined them, and sold the results internationally as “battle-tested” technology. That pipeline is now running on AI. A system called Lavender assigned kill ratings to 37,000 Palestinians. Operators approved strikes in around 20 seconds. The accepted error rate w…