#defense-technology
49 episodes
#3778: How Ukraine's Trophy Lab Crowdsources Enemy Hardware Analysis
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence publishes full engineering data of captured Russian equipment online. No registration required.
#3745: Europe's Quiet Military Build-Up: Who's Buying What?
Germany locks in 2% defense spending. Poland builds Europe's largest army. A look at who's buying what.
#3594: When Europe Tilts and America Cracks: Israel's Compound Scenario
What happens when Europe's politics shift and US support fractures simultaneously? A scenario analysis on Israel's future.
#3491: Israel's Economy Beyond the Startup Hype
Israel is 82% services, but only 9% of workers are in tech. The real economy tells a different story.
#3450: Who Actually Buys a Luggable Computer?
The people who need a 27-inch workstation in a hard case. Military, oil rigs, and live events.
#3405: Sea Drones: The Silent Naval Revolution
How the US Navy is deploying unmanned surface and subsurface vessels, from missile-armed boats to autonomous mini-subs.
#3392: Inside the AI Targeting Pipeline: Who Really Picks the Targets?
How AI finds, fixes, and nominates military targets — and why "human oversight" may be more ceremonial than real.
#3350: What Breaks When US Support Ends
A war-game simulation traces what actually breaks when American support for Israel quietly disappears.
#3296: How Israel and Azerbaijan Built a $5B Alliance
Israel gets oil and intel; Azerbaijan gets drones and defense tech. A look at their unlikely partnership.
#3276: Pocket Signal Lights for War Zones
Dedicated signal lights explained: what they are, why the market is fragmented, and what actually works at 100 meters.
#3116: How the U.S. Army Prepositions Tanks for War
Inside the $30 billion global network of warehouses keeping tanks, Bradleys, and ammo ready to fight in 96 hours.
#3060: Air Marshals: The 1.4% Truth
Air marshals are real, but they're on just 1.4% of flights. Here's what the GAO report reveals.
#2991: Italy Ends Israel Defense Pact: What's Lost
Italy let its defense cooperation agreement with Israel expire. Here's what that means for missile systems, intelligence, and European defense stra...
#2954: The 47 Lubricants of War: Inside Defense Supply Chains
How Israel’s military actually buys bullets, missiles, and tank grease — and why a single factory in Virginia matters.
#2362: Iran's ICBM Claim vs Anti-Tamper Tech Reality
Iran claims to have reverse-engineered US ICBMs—but the Jericho missile is Israeli. How do militaries safeguard downed drones and hardware from exp...
#1601: Cohere: The Switzerland of Enterprise AI
While others chase viral memes, Cohere is quietly building the secure, cloud-agnostic infrastructure powering the global enterprise.
#1467: Can a 25-Ton Door Stop a Mach 20 Missile?
As hypersonic missiles reach Mach 20, superpowers are heading back underground. Explore the high-tech engineering of the world’s deepest bunkers.
#1466: The Asymmetric Power of Naval Mining
Explore the terrifying reality of naval mining in the Strait of Hormuz and why these "smart" weapons pose a generational threat to global trade.
#1450: Deterrence by Denial: The Global Air Defense Revolution
Discover how Germany and the US are building massive, integrated shields to make offensive missile strikes a thing of the past.
#1403: The Megawatt Threshold: Scaling Lasers from Drones to Satellites
Explore the leap from tactical drone defense to megawatt-class lasers capable of neutralizing ballistic missiles and orbital assets.
#1402: The Billion-Dollar Shield: The Future of Arrow Defense
Why spend millions to stop a cheap drone? Discover the high-stakes math and technology behind the Arrow 4 and 5 missile defense systems.
#1388: The High-Tech Shield: Israel’s Quest for Autonomy
Explore the tension between Israel's goal of military independence and the reality of complex global supply chains.
#1387: Whose Finger Is on the AI Trigger?
Explore how the US-Israel military alliance has evolved from shipping tanks to sharing real-time AI data and cloud-integrated missile defense.
#1372: Why 18.9 Hertz Makes You See Ghosts
Explore the eerie science of infrasound, from haunted laboratories and elephant rumbles to the legendary "brown note" urban legend.