Amidst reports of inadequate meals for US Navy crews, China is exploring AI-powered food monitoring systems. This initiative seeks to address the long-standing challenge of efficiently supplying adequate food to military forces.

Images of sparse meals aboard naval vessels deployed in the United States’ war on Iran are a reminder that keeping military forces supplied with adequate food has been a problem for thousands of years. The photos came to light after a crew member from the USS Abraham Lincoln shared them with family in the US, sparking a dispute between personnel, their families and the Pentagon, along with complaints about inadequate food, despite official claims of more than 30 days’ supply on board. Meanwhile,...