Somewhere in a defense ministry, someone is drafting a policy on whether to permit AI-assisted software development in defense procurement. The sentiment is understandable, but the policy is unfortunately unenforceable because the code is already there.In April 2025, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella told an audience that 20 to 30 percent of code in some Microsoft repositories is now AI-generated. The figure cannot be independently verified — as multiple analysts have observed, there is no reliable method to measure AI-generated code in a repository after the fact. If Microsoft cannot trace it in their own repos, national defense organizationsThe post Your Defense Code Is Already AI-Generated. Now What? appeared first on War on the Rocks.