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839 The Middle East’s real vulnerability isn’t oil — it’s the desalination plants that supply 90% of its drinking water

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Christian Kelly @ Silicon Canals · 04/07/2026 23:11 EDT

The Middle East’s real vulnerability isn’t oil — it’s the desalination plants that supply 90% of its drinking water

Military conflict in the Middle East is exposing a structural vulnerability that dwarfs oil dependency: the region’s near-total reliance on desalinated water. As MIT Technology Review reports, attacks and threats targeting infrastructure in Iran, Bahrain, and Kuwait have brought the fragility of desalination infrastructure into sharp focus — and the specific incidents involved reveal just ... Read more

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