Assumption: Cloud reach‑back makes systems resilient.
Cloud infrastructure is powerful. That does not make dependency on it survivable in war.
When AI execution depends on public routing, external control planes, or centralized orchestration, the adversary doesn’t need to hack the system. They only need to deny access to its dependencies.
Resilience is not redundancy across distant services. Resilience is continuing to operate when the services are gone.
Cloud may still play a role—but only when it is optional, not required.
Inevitability: In warfighting AI, sovereign execution becomes mandatory. Cloud becomes conditional.