Published: Jan 14, 2026, 10:36 IST | Updated: Jan 14, 2026, 10:36 IST
Pete Hegseth went to Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starbase in South Texas as part of his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour. Standing beside Musk, he repeated Musk’s line “We want to make Star Trek real” and gave the Vulcan salute. The moment went viral, but it was attached to something far more serious: the Pentagon is rewriting how it develops and deploys military technology.