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What a weird article, ULA is just as commercial as SpaceX, and they've been launching all sorts of military payloads.
Now, I get that the US government would rather not be dependent on a billionaire who is on very friendly terms with their geopolitical opponents. But that doesn't mean SpaceX doesn't exist.
You're absolutely correct - I toured the ULA Decatur booster faculty mere days ago. There's spaceforce-branded parts bolted onto Centaur rockets using Russian engines all over the place. Now to be fair they also have an engine made in Washington too but this stuff takes a looooong time to make any changes.