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-			<footer id="footer">
-				<div class="inner">
-					<div class="flex">
-						<div class="copyright">
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-						<img src="images/logo.png" alt="Logo"/>
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-			</footer>
+			<footer role="contentinfo" style="max-width:960px;margin:2rem auto;padding:1rem;color:#f3f3f3;line-height:1.4;">
+  <p style="margin:.5rem 0;">
+    <strong>Disclaimer (Oct 26, 2025):</strong> MultiPlex.studio is an independent research & development collective and creative studio.
+    While we have participated in public challenge processes (e.g., AFWERX challenges) and collaborated with external partners,
+    this site is <em>not</em> an official organ of NATO, the United Nations, or any government. Nothing on this site authorizes or directs
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+  </p>
+  <p style="margin:.5rem 0;">
+    Press & partnership inquiries: <a href="/contact" style="color:#FFB600;text-decoration:none;">Contact form</a> — we do not list operational contact info publicly.
+  </p>
+  <p style="margin:.5rem 0;font-size:.9rem;opacity:.9;">
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+
 
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