War Desk
War Desk is an AI-native investigative series built to track the real risk of global war. With thousands of military reports, declassified government testimony, intelligence assessments, and verified conflict data now publicly available, the volume of information exceeds what any traditional newsroom can process. AI can.
This series leverages artificial intelligence at every layer of production. From custom-built architecture that ingests and cross-references thousands of primary source documents, to AI-generated audio that delivers findings in a consistent, accessible format, War Desk represents a new model for geopolitical journalism. What would take a team of defense analysts months to compile, AI can process in days, surfacing patterns, contradictions, and connections across theaters that would otherwise remain buried across separate headlines.
Each episode draws directly from primary sources: Department of Defense force posture statements, IAEA safeguards reports, Congressional testimony, think tank assessments from CSIS, RAND, and ISW, declassified intelligence estimates, and verified conflict databases. The AI architecture identifies relevant findings, cross-references claims across sources, and synthesizes them into episodes that make this information accessible to the public.
The series covers the five active flashpoints that could escalate to major war: the U.S.-Iran confrontation, the Russia-Ukraine war, the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, and the global alliance structures that connect them. It examines the military deployments, the nuclear timelines, the economic consequences, and the decisions being made by specific people in specific rooms.
This is not sensationalized content. It is not political commentary. It is documented fact, processed at scale, and presented with journalistic rigor. The goal is simple: give the public the same quality of threat assessment that governments produce internally.
War Desk is politically neutral by design. Every side's claims are sourced and attributed. Adversarial media is labeled. No spin. No speculation. Every source for every episode is published at wardesk.fm so listeners can verify every claim themselves.
New episodes release daily, with AI enabling rapid analysis and production that keeps pace with a fast-moving geopolitical landscape. Journalistic standards guide the output. Every claim is tied to specific documents. The series clearly distinguishes between verified facts, official claims, and unresolved contradictions.
This is documented fact, processed at scale, presented for the public.
War Desk
Episodes
Day 14: Russia Gave Iran Locations of Every US Warship
On March 12, 2026, a KC-135R refueling aircraft, serial 63-8017, went down near Turaibil along the Iraqi-Jordanian border, killing all six crew members. CENTCOM said it was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. The Islamic Resistance of I...
Day 15: Kharg Island Bombed — Oil Infrastructure Spared
On March 13, 2026, U.S. forces bombed over 90 military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, the heart of Iran's oil export infrastructure, but deliberately spared the oil terminals to avoid sparking a global energy crisis. The same day, a KC-135 tan...
Day 16 Recap: Strait of Hormuz Closed, 6 US Airmen Killed, Oil at $100+
Day 16 recap focused only on developments from March 14, 2026. This episode is built from 13 OpenClaw-curated sources from that day, with supplemental sources added only when coverage gaps require it.Sources for this episode are availabl...
Day 17: Iran's Drones Now Carry Heat Seeking Missiles
President Trump announced Energy Secretary Chris Wright is weighing options to strike Iran's critical Kharag Island oil infrastructure, a move that starkly contradicts Wright's public projection of a "weeks long" conflict.This comes as k...