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Guest: U.S. Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George, interviewed by Defense One's Patrick Tucker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, here.
Preview: Colleague Patrick Tucker of Defense One explains how General Dan Caine helped develop AI on the battlefield as early as 2017. More. 1953
DOD: GENERAL DAN CAINE AND SPECIAL FORCES. Patrick Tucker, Defense One 1923 BAGHDAD
Patrick Tucker describes a Defense Department in transition as Russia's Ukraine invasion approaches the four-year mark. Related reading: "Ukraine military-aid donors aim to set Kyiv up through 2027, Pentagon says," Tucker reported on January 7; And "Kyiv's donors set production goals to regularize arms donations to Ukraine," he reported two days later.
Guests: Audrey Decker, aerospace reporter for Defense One; Patrick Tucker, science and technology editor at Defense One. Related reading: Some Republicans remain unsold on Hegseth Russia in talks to send fighter jets to North Korea, INDOPACOM says ‘Multi-headed monster': Biden, Trump officials address China-Russia-Iran coordination ‘Shock the system': Startups and DOGE take over Reagan forum Defense officials hopeful incoming administration keeps funding cutting-edge tech
#ISIS: CENTCOM directs B-52s against ISIS. Patrick Tucker, Defense One 1870 Damascus
PREVIEW: ISIS/CENTCOM Colleague Patrick Tucker of Defense One analyzes US airstrikes against ISIS enclaves in Syria's Badiya Desert following Assad regime's fall. More later. 1898 Damascus
A decorated Marine veteran and a video game maker revisit one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. Guests: Elliot Ackerman, author and contributing writer at The Atlantic; Peter Tamte, founder and CEO of Victura; And Defense One science and tech editor Patrick Tucker. Sources and additional reading: "Goodbye, My Brother," by Elliot Ackerman, writing for Esquire on March 23, 2017; The video game "Six Days in Fallujah"; "Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks," a satirical video produced in January 2011 by The Onion; "Virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a meta-analysis," published August 2019 in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology; "Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder," published April 2020 in the Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience; And "Putting the Gaming Experience at the Center of the Therapy—The Video Game Therapy® Approach," published June 2023 in Healthcare.
Defense One staff summarize the leading developments from this year's Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington. Guest: Sam Skove, staff reporter; Patrick Tucker, science and tech editor. Find Defense One's complete AUSA coverage here.
Patrick Tucker unpacks findings from his recent trip to Prague for the 2024 Global Security Conference. Related reading: "European officials vow to boost defense production, but some worry it won't be enough," by Patrick Tucker, reporting August 30 from Prague; "The big loophole allowing Russia to access US chips? China," by Tucker again, reporting from Washington on September 11; And "EU competitiveness: Looking ahead," a report published this week by Mario Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank.
Defense One Executive Editor Bradley Peniston speaks with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti; and Defense One's Patrick Tucker sat down with Fourth Fleet commander Rear Adm. James Aiken (at the 28:09 mark). You can watch both of these interviews on Defense One's YouTube page, here.
#ESTONIA: #RUSSIA: Hybrid warfare attacks include vandalizing autos of public offcials. Patrick Tucker Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/02/russian-hybrid-operations-rise-estonia-moldova/394318/ 1919 Estonia
#RUSSIA: What do we know of anti-satellite weapons in LEO? Also, Drone Fleets of the Pacific. Patrick Tucker Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2024/02/russia-putting-anti-satellite-nuke-space/394198/ https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/02/navy-envisions-hundreds-thousands-drones-pacific-deter-china/394266/ 1957
PREVIEW: #ANTI-SATELLITE: #RUSSIA: Excerpt from a conversation with colleague Patrick Tucker of Defense One re the report from the US Government that Russia has launched or may launch an anti-satellite weapon of some nuclear nature into LEO. Many unknowns. More of this later today. 1959
We review how the Iran-backed Houthis are disrupting global shipping in the Red Sea, and we look back at similar dynamics near the end of the so-called tanker wars of the late 1980s. Guests: Fabian Hinz, research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies; Patrick Tucker, science and technology editor at Defense One; And Bradley Peniston, Defense One executive editor.
We take stock of our last 12 months of interviews, featuring conversations with generals, White House officials, researchers, authors, our own reporters, and many more. Guests include: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell, who at the time commanded the United States Army Japan; he is now commander of the ISIS-focused Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (from episode 115); Monica Toft, professor of international politics and the director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and Sidita Kushi, assistant professor of political science at Bridgewater State University (from episode 116); Michael Knights, security analyst with the Washington Institute (from episode 124); Defense One's Sam Skove (from episode 125); Sam Bendett, advisor in Russian studies at CNA (from episode 126); Defense One's Patrick Tucker (from episode 129); Decker Eveleth, graduate research assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California (from episode 130); Martin Pfeiffer, a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of New Mexico (from episode 131); Patrick Tucker again (from episode 132); Sam Skove again (from episode 134); Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; and Joshua Geltzer is Deputy Assistant to President Joe Biden and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor at the National Security Council (from episode 135); And Barak Mendelsohn, Professor of Political Science at Haverford College in Philadelphia (from episode 138).
The Army's top buyer and the Pentagon's integration chief talk Ukraine, non-traditional suppliers, and more. Guests: Army Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Doug Bush sat down with Defense One Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Integration, and Interoperability Dave Tremper spoke with Defense One Technology editor Patrick Tucker.
#Israel: How did Hamas adapt drones? What has the IDF ldiscovered about drones and urban warfare? Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/10/next-drone-war-coming-gaza/391277/1873 Jerusalem
#Preview: Fom a much longer conversation with Patrick Tucker, Defense One, re the IDF plans for drones in urban warfare. 1953 Tehran
Guests: Mark Kitz, program executive officer for command, control and communications-tactical (interviewed by Defense One's Lauren Williams, beginning at the 1:10 mark); And Army Brig. Gen. Guillaume Beaurpere of the Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, as well as Maj. Gen. Christopher Eubank of Network Enterprise Technology Command (with Defense One's Patrick Tucker) at the 9:38 mark).
Defense One staff explain some of the major themes from this year's annual Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington. Guest: Sam Skove, Defense One staff reporter; Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and tech editor. Read more from our AUSA coverage at any of the links below: Army eyes munitions stockpiles amid focus on longer wars Army orders loitering munition for testing as soldier-borne tank-killer The Army doesn't know where a lot of its excess arms and gear are Ukraine wants West's help in training NCOs and officers How the war in Ukraine is reshaping US Army modernization New 155mm round exceeds range of some rockets, can be fired by standard Army artillery AUSA Conference Wire: 'Drones everywhere' AUSA Conference Wire: 'Magazine depth' AUSA Conference Wire: 'A critical juncture'
#Arctic: Training for two in the peer adversaries in the Arctic Ocean. Patrick Tucker, Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2023/09/eye-toward-russia-and-china-northcom-concludes-special-mission-arctic/390302/ 1877 Jules Verne
TONIGHT: The show begins in Detroit at the UAW strike for wages, benefits and job security in the face of the EV subsidies meant to replace Detroit's machines. From Lampedusa, Italy, overrun by Tunisian migrants, to Beijing and the accusations agains the Defene Minister. From nuclear weapons in to State Departmen documents in the Tehran Times. From Boca Chica, Texas to the South Pole of the Moon. Time travel to 1973 Santiago and the fall of Allende. And a flight to the Bering Sea to prep for conflict with both Russia and China. 1890 Chile CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #PacificWatch: Ransomware & What is to be done? Las Vegas https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552124/Las-Vegas-mainstay-Ceasars-Palace-likely-paid-off-ransomware-crew 915-930 #Italy: Lampedusa Island overwhelmed by migrants from Tunisia. Lorenzo Fiore, ansaldo Foundation https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italy-s-lampedusa-island-hit-with-migrant-crisis-as-7000-arrive-in-two-days/ar-AA1gLESR 930-945 #PRC: "And Then There Were None" Charles Burton, MacDonald Laurier Institute. https://www.ft.com/content/d0fa10c5-303c-4129-8283-a147639f70b3?shareType=nongift 945-1000 #Ukraine: #Russia: Nukes over Europe. Henry Sokolski https://www.iiss.org/publications/strategic-comments/2023/polands-bid-to-participate-in-nato-nuclear-sharing/ SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #UAW: Striking in protest of a Green future. SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/the-political-and-economic-impact-of-a-potential-uaw-strike 1015-1030 #Pittsburgh: US Steel departing. SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/will-the-last-steelworker-out-of-pittsburgh-please-turn-out-the-light 1030-1045#SpaceX: Starship postponed and unstacked. Bob Zimmerman, Behindtheblack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/starship-superheavy-2nd-test-launch-likely-delayed-until-next-year-by-federal-bureaucracy-and-white-house/ 1045-1100 #Moon: No water ice found on the South Pole. Bob Zimmerman, Behindtheblack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/new-analysis-of-chandrayaan-1s-lunar-orbital-data-might-explain-its-detection-of-widespread-surface-hydrogen-on-the-moon/ THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #Iran: #USA: The puzzling case of the State Department and the Tehran Times. Josh Rogin, Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/06/rob-malley-iran-security-clearance-investigation/ 1115-1130 #MrMarket: Who can raise rates in an Election year? Jim MCTague, Former Washington Editor, Barrons. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/no-inflation-rest-for-the-federal-reserve/ar-AA1gG7V9 1130-1145 1/2: #Russia: #SouthCaucasus: The vision of a trade route from China and India to Turkey to Europe though Azerbaijan and Armenia. Ekaterina Zolotova, GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/tensions-escalate-in-nagorno-karabakh/?tpa=MTlhZDY3NDE3MmVkYzY3MjVmNWFjNDE2OTUzMTA5MzdjMDE4NTY&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/tensions-escalate-in-nagorno-karabakh/?tpa=MTlhZDY3NDE3MmVkYzY3MjVmNWFjNDE2OTUzMTA5MzdjMDE4NTY&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20its%20published 1145-1200 2/2: #Russia: #SouthCaucasus: The vision of a trade route from China and India to Turkey to Europe though Azerbaijan and Armenia. Ekaterina Zolotova, GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/tensions-escalate-in-nagorno-karabakh/?tpa=MTlhZDY3NDE3MmVkYzY3MjVmNWFjNDE2OTUzMTA5MzdjMDE4NTY&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://geopoliticalfutures.com/tensions-escalate-in-nagorno-karabakh/?tpa=MTlhZDY3NDE3MmVkYzY3MjVmNWFjNDE2OTUzMTA5MzdjMDE4NTY&utm_content&utm_campaign=PAID%20-%20Everything%20as%20its%20published FOURTH HOUR 12-1215#POTUS Three scenarios for Biden to step aside. Bill Whalen https://www.hoover.org/research/coming-grips-slavery-reparations-and-weak-democratic-ticket 1215-1230 #Covid19: The new booster arrives for 6 month-olds plus. HenryMillerMD.org https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/your-acip-cliff-notes?utm_campaign=email-post&r=g47nk&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email 1230-1245 #Chile: Salvador Allende and the Soviet Union. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, @WSJOpinion 1245-100 AM #Arctic: Training for two in the peer adversaries in the Arctic Ocean. Patrick Tucker, Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2023/09/eye-toward-russia-and-china-northcom-concludes-special-mission-arctic/390302/
We dig into the U.S. military's new Replicator initiative, and explore Anduril's recent UAV-firm acquisition. Guests: Patrick Tucker,science and technology editor at Defense One; Chris Brose, chief strategy officer for Anduril Industries. Related reading: “‘Hellscape': DOD launches massive drone swarm program to counter China,” by Patrick Tucker, reporting August 28, 2023; Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks' Remarks: "Unpacking the Replicator Initiative" at the 2023 Defense News Conference; “The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare,” by Chris Brose (published 2020); And “Anduril buys drone maker Blue Force Technologies amid Pentagon push for autonomous aircraft,” by Marcus Weisgerber, reporting September 7, 2023.
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1912 #PRC: #IndoPacific:Urgency prep for 2027 war start. Patrick Tucker, Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/07/china-ramps-military-activity-pentagon-looks-accelerate-networked-warfare-tech-and-exercises/388315/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1912 #Ukraine; Zelensky's complaint. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2023/07/ukraine-disappointed-natos-summit-produces-progress-several-fronts/388393/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow Bologna 1960 #AI: Bug-sized drones that can obey and talk. Patrick Tucker, Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/05/us-military-now-has-voice-controlled-bug-drones/386213/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #DoD: The leaks & What is to be done? Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/04/why-pentagons-response-discord-leaks-wont-fix-problem/385359/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #AI: One AI stop search for surveillance balloons anywhere on the planet. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/04/chatgpt-satellite-photos-already-exists/385305/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1/2: #DOD: Robots join the military. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/air-force-rebuilding-its-pacific-plans-around-b-21/384292/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/how-self-flying-f-16s-will-enable-future-fighter-drones/384501/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/dont-expect-navy-robots-south-china-sea-anytime-soon-chief-says/384100/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/soldiers-can-now-steer-robot-dogs-brain-signals/384338/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1/2: #DOD: Robots join the military. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/air-force-rebuilding-its-pacific-plans-around-b-21/384292/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/how-self-flying-f-16s-will-enable-future-fighter-drones/384501/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/dont-expect-navy-robots-south-china-sea-anytime-soon-chief-says/384100/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/soldiers-can-now-steer-robot-dogs-brain-signals/384338/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1910 #Drones: Air Force SOF connecting veteran Reaper with drone swarms. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/reaper-uav-getting-its-own-drone-swarm/383676/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1911 #AI: #Infowar: Bad actors pummell US audience continuously & What is to be done? Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/foreign-governments-are-still-targeting-americans-social-media-nsa-says/383716/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow : AI: Autonomous weapon platforms, aka Killer Robots, and the new ethics of AI. Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne.com ttps://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/01/russian-robot-maker-working-bot-target-abrams-leopard-tanks/382288/ https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2023/01/when-may-robot-kill-new-dod-policy-tries-clarify/382215/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #SpaceX: Sudden confusion about the so-called weaponizing of Starlink. Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne.com https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/02/spacex-now-says-they-dont-want-starlink-be-weaponized-ukraine/382797/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #UFO: The Pentagon and the Navy and ODNI officially endorsed a #UFO alert office, AARO: All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office. Patrick Tucker Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/01/ufo-sightings-us-troops-surge/381784/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: Digitization of war-fighting Ukraine. Patrick Tucker @DefTechPat. Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/12/ukraine-pushes-government-digitization-war-rages/380433/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: Soviet-era drones TU-141 attacks Russia. Patrick Tucker @DefTechPat. Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/12/explosions-russian-air-bases-may-change-several-nations-calculations/380521/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: The swiftly expanding anti-drone war & What is to be done? Patrick Tucker, Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/10/us-allies-rush-anti-drone-equipment-ukraine-conduct-site-weapons-tracking/37913
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: : #Romania: On the front line. Patrick Tucker, Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/10/defense-companies-should-start-investing-natos-eastern-flank-says-romanian-land-forces-chief/379024/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: Tactical nukes & What is to be done? Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne.com https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/10/tactical-russian-nuke-wouldnt-confer-much-battlefield-advantage-experts-say/378181/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: Unsophisticated drones on the battlefield. Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne.com https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/10/what-surprised-one-drone-maker-about-russias-war-ukraine/377994/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: Under appreciated and regarded out of date weapons that win battles for small teams. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/09/ukraines-western-arms-have-inflicted-significant-damage-russian-supply-communications-lines-top-us-officer-says/376908/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #SpaceCommand: Self-aware Robot satellites of the near future. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/08/us-military-satellites-need-get-smarter-more-self-reliant/376584/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #DOD: Training, drafting, adapting to drone on the battlefield. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/08/russia-training-drone-hobbyists-fight-ukraine/375988/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #DOD: Climate extreme battlefields of the future Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/08/we-need-own-heat-way-we-now-own-night-pentagon-says/376260/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #DOD: Welcoming digital inspiration at the Pentagon. Patrick Tucker, Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/08/centcom-launches-competition-innovation-troops/375753/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #DOD: Forward Basing bots and sensors with 5G. Patrick Tucker, Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/07/navy-testing-5g-future-forward-operating-bases/375164/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #PRC: The Microchips Race and the Quantum Computing Race. Patrick Tucker, Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/07/senators-take-aim-future-quantum-enabled-hacking-new-bill/374748/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: What NATO warplanes are mentioned for Ukraine? Patrick Tucker Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/07/air-force-chief-hints-western-fighter-jets-could-go-ukraine/374721/