Our Military Is Built for the Wrong Century

Our Military Is Built for the Wrong Century

The future of high-tech warfare has arrived. Just look to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran to see how much drones and robots have remade the modern battlefield. Is the U.S. positioned to win wars in this new era? What are the ethical constraints of waging autonomous warfare? My guest this week is Christian Brose, the president and chief strategy officer of Anduril, a defense technology company building a slate of autonomous weapons and defense systems for the American military.

  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 03:18 - Drones on the Russia - Ukraine battlefield
  • 8:17 - Iran's stalemate and American military readiness
  • 17:11 - Anduril is more than a "Lord of the Rings" reference
  • 25:33 - Force fields and a layered defense
  • 31:12 - The challenges of "finicky" autonomous systems
  • 44:44 - The ethics of automating the kill chain

(A full transcript of this episode is available on the Times website.)

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