WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CLOUD BLOWS UP?

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Missile and drone strikes during the March 2026 Iran conflict hit AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain. AWS says the damage exceeded what its multi-AZ design can withstand, and restoration isn't expected until early 2027. The piece argues that availability zones don't fail independently when a whole region is physically attacked, and that continuity plans should account for that.