Neither of these names are ironic. The name Palantir was chosen to remind the company of surveillance's potential for abuse. Anduril was meant to reference th i

Neither of these names are ironic. The name Palantir was chosen to remind the company of surveillance's potential for abuse. Anduril was meant to reference th idea of shaking up American defense, disrupting an industry that's become dominated by a few big players on cost-plus contracts that routinely overrun. Because Anduril is the new sword reforged from Narsil. That Tolkien was a world war veteran doesn't make it any more ironic. The way you o avoid wars is to deter them: countries aren't selfless magnanimous institutions, they need to know that they'll lose in war in order to keep them from trying to wage it.