AI Port Scanners at Beirut Miss Militant Supply Chain Patterns (warontherocks.com)

• Beirut Port AI scanners identify individual items but not linked patterns across multiple shipments.
• Fiber optic imports surged 76% from 83k to 146k tons (2023-2024), likely for drone assembly.
• Author proposes cross-agency data fusion, proactive research unit, and engineer-operator collaboration.

"A Beirut Port Authority board member reveals how new AI-driven X-ray scanners correctly identify individual items but fail to spot the bigger picture: components arriving over weeks for drone assembly. Fiber optic cable imports surged 76% from 83,000 tons in 2023 to 146,000 tons in 2024. The author calls for cross-agency data fusion and proactive threat analysis."