Pentagon Says Grok Helped Fire 2,000 Munitions at 2,000 Iran Targets in 96 Hours
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Updated · The Independent · Jun 17
Pentagon Says Grok Helped Fire 2,000 Munitions at 2,000 Iran Targets in 96 Hours
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Jun 17
Summary
A sworn Pentagon court filing said Elon Musk’s Grok was used in mission-critical operations that struck more than 2,000 targets in Iran with over 2,000 munitions within 96 hours.
Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s AI chief, said Grok is one of four models capable of national-security work and one of three cleared for top-secret mission support.
The disclosure came as the Trump administration asked a Mississippi judge to throw out an NAACP lawsuit alleging xAI’s Colossus 2 data center runs at least 57 unpermitted gas turbines that pollute Black communities.
The Justice Department argued blocking xAI deployments would severely harm the Pentagon, which says those data centers could provide critical surge capacity during armed conflict.
The admission is likely the clearest public acknowledgment of Grok’s role in the Iran campaign, where AI-assisted targeting faces scrutiny after strikes, including one on a Minab girls’ school, killed civilians.