Author Conversation: "Kill Chain" on "The Tim Danahey Show"

Kill Chain – The Failure of Military Technology, Drones, and the Military/Industrial Machine. The military knows much of its technology is effectively neutralized by off-the-shelf software, men on motorcycles, and cattle. In fact, in the $250 million Millennium Challenge 2002 war simulation, General Paul Van Riper played the poorly-equipped enemy and totally defeated the combined technological prowess of the joint U.S. military command in front of Donald Rumsfeld. Van Riper simulated the sinking of 14 U.S. warships. It was so bad they had to restart the games and Van Riper quit in disgust. The military/industrial complex has been investing trillions in technology that does not work as it should. It puts our soldiers in danger and leads to counter-productive policies such as drones. Did you know that drones have 20/200 vision and would be legally blind in a driver’s test? On a scale of 1 to 9 where 1 is the identification of a jumbo jet and 9 is the identification of a human face, the drone only scores 2.7. Listen to more stories in one of the most amazing conversations you’ll ever hear with military specialist and author Andrew Cockburn. Since 2010 The Tim Danahey Show show discusses economics, government, social issues, history, and non-fiction books in a magazine format featuring in-depth conversations with guests. Politics and inflammatory conversations are discouraged as they are divisive and counter-productive. Instead, the show seeks under-reported topics and delves into facts, different perspectives, and ramifications of each perspective. The show does not espouse a political agenda. There is no rambling discourse or personal attacks. This show is one of the highest quality and professional programs available. Tim Danahey’s strength is to take complex subjects, talk with experts, and make them comprehensible and entertaining for average listeners.