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A brief history of China’s nuclear forces

Defense One Radio - July 27, 2023 19:35 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
From Cold War-era distrust of the Soviets to Beijing's recent silo buildup, we review some of the ideas and methods that have helped China become the nuclear power it is today. Guests: Decker Eveleth, graduate research assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Mont...

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After the NATO summit + a trip to the Pacific

Defense One Radio - July 13, 2023 20:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guest: Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor. Find his related reporting from Hawaii here.

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Behind the 2023 Paris Air Show

Defense One Radio - June 28, 2023 20:26 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guests: Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One global business editor;  Roman Schweizer, policy analyst focusing on defense issues; Cai von Rumohr, equity analyst with an emphasis on defense issues.

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Tech Summit, in review

Defense One Radio - June 23, 2023 17:09 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 128 ratings
We hear from U.S. generals, ambassadors from Europe, tech reps from Ukraine, officials from Congress, China wonks, space nerds, and more.  Guests (and links to the full interviews on YouTube): Dr. Timothy Bunning, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Chief Technology Officer (at the 1:54...

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Why Ukraine’s drone war is more complex than you think

Defense One Radio - June 02, 2023 18:26 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guest: Sam Bendett, advisor in Russian studies at CNA. You can read over his latest report on drone use in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, here.

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The Army’s recruiting crisis; the science of special forces; and NATO’s Mircea Geoană

Defense One Radio - May 19, 2023 16:20 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guests: Sam Skove, staff reporter for Defense One; And Patrick Tucker, science and tech editor at Defense One.

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The war in Yemen, 8 years on

Defense One Radio - May 04, 2023 15:06 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guests: Michael Knights, a military historian, security analyst with the Washington Institute, and author of the book, "25 Days to Aden"; Shireen Al-Adeimi, Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy at Michigan State University, and Non-Resident Fellow in the Middle East program at the ...

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The Discord leaks and what might lie ahead for Ukraine

Defense One Radio - April 21, 2023 13:56 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guests: Patrick Tucker, science and technology editor at Defense One;  And Defense One staff reporter Sam Skove, who recently returned from Ukraine. 

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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley

Defense One Radio - April 03, 2023 18:53 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Milley spoke with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baron on the Ukraine war, China, Taiwan, Mexico, and more. 

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Space Force chief Gen. Chance Saltzman

Defense One Radio - March 31, 2023 23:34 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
America’s Chief of Space Operations, Gen. Chance Saltzman, spoke to Defense One's Jennifer Hlad about Chinese satellite jamming, missile defense, and more. Find other interviews in the State of Defense series here.

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Air Force chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown

Defense One Radio - March 24, 2023 12:58 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown sat down with Defense One’s Marcus Weisgerber to discuss priorities for the year ahead, lessons from Russia’s Ukraine invasion, and more. 

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Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger

Defense One Radio - March 17, 2023 16:31 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Navy and Marine Corps officials disagree about whether the San Antonio-class Flight II amphibious ship is getting too pricey. Defense One's Caitlin Kenney asked Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger about the future of the amphibious fleet, what he'd do differently as commandant if he had it...

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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Chris Donahue

Defense One Radio - March 03, 2023 17:57 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
The 18th Airborne Corps commander talks about drones, recruiting, the Pacific theater, challenges posed by China, and more.

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Spies in the balloon?

Defense One Radio - February 16, 2023 23:08 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
We review the latest ups and downs in the U.S.-China relationship, which has been shaken by allegations of spying via aerostat. Guest: Patrick Tucker, Defense One technology editor.

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Has US foreign policy become too militarized?

Defense One Radio - February 03, 2023 13:36 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Two researchers compiled data on U.S. military interventions from 1776 to 2019. Here's what they learned. Guests:  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 ...

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Preparing for conflict in the Pacific

Defense One Radio - January 20, 2023 19:07 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
An Army two-star general explains his proposal to send a multi-domain task force to the region. Guests:  U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel "JB" Vowell, Commanding General of the United States Army Japan; Maj. Kevin Joyce is an Army Strategist and the strategy branch chief at U.S. Army Japan. You ca...

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Germany’s uneasy year ahead + 2023 preview with BAE’s Tom Arsenault

Defense One Radio - December 21, 2022 20:26 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
We review the year that was and preview what might lie ahead for the U.S., Europe, and the wider global defense industry. Guests include: Former German Ambassador the United Nations and current Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Christoph Heusgen, in conversation with Defense One Exe...

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What we know about the Air Force’s new B-21 bomber

Defense One Radio - December 08, 2022 21:39 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Defense One staff help unpack the hype and lingering mysteries surrounding America's newly-unveiled bomber plane, and we check in on the annual Reagan National Defense Forum. Guests include: Lauren Williams, senior editor at Defense One; And Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One's Global Business ...

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The especially difficult history of America’s Black veterans

Defense One Radio - November 10, 2022 21:44 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guests include: Matthew Delmont is a Guggenheim Fellow and the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College; his book, “Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad,” was just published in October; interview begins at ...

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The growth of drones in Russia's Ukraine war

Defense One Radio - October 28, 2022 20:08 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
We focus on the latest developments in unmanned aerial systems, from the war in Ukraine to a conference in Washington. Guests include: Faine Greenwood researches and writes about drones and emerging technologies; and Sam Bendett is in the Russia Studies Program at CNA, based in Washington (at...

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Rethinking logistics, tomorrow’s air bases, the future of space debris, and more.

Defense One Radio - October 06, 2022 18:49 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guests include: Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger (at the 1:19 mark);  Marine Brig. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, Deputy Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific (at 6:58); Air Force chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (at 10:54); Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategy, Lt. Gen....

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The short- and mid-term outlook for the U.S. Navy

Defense One Radio - September 23, 2022 11:58 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
The chief of naval operations and a key lawmaker talk shipbuilding plans, drones, Iran, and more. Guests include: U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday—interviewed by Bradley Peniston, deputy editor of Defense One (beginning at the 1:32 mark);  Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., vice chair...

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What lies ahead for the U.S. Army

Defense One Radio - September 09, 2022 14:54 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Guests include: U.S. Army Gen. James McConville (at the 2:23 mark); Elisabeth Braw of the American Enterprise Institute, and Mark Cozad from RAND (at 17:13); Army Lt. Gen. Scott McKean, deputy commander of the Army’s Futures Command (at 25:50). Find more from this year's State of Defense e...

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The legacy of America’s Afghan war, with Elliot Ackerman

Defense One Radio - August 22, 2022 17:59 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Elliot Ackerman is a former U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Team Leader. His latest book, “The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan,” was just published in August. (Music: "Ribbons" by Postwar)

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Decoding China’s Taiwan saber-rattling

Defense One Radio - August 11, 2022 23:25 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Two experts help us put the most recent Taiwan Strait crisis in perspective. Guests include: Collin Koh, research fellow at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies in Singapore (at 1:44); And Becca Wasser, fellow for the Defense Program and lead of the Gaming Lab at the Center for a ...

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Aerospace's new inflection point

Defense One Radio - July 21, 2022 17:14 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Here's what industry execs were worried about at the Farnborough Airshow. Guests include:  Bradley Peniston, Defense One Deputy Editor; Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One Global Business Editor; Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics...

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2022 Tech Summit, in review

Defense One Radio - June 30, 2022 17:47 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
Sixteen different experts and officials joined us to discuss the war in Ukraine, cyber warfare, the challenges posed by China, and much more from this year's Defense One Technology Summit. Guests include:  Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks (at the 0:55 mark); Stephen Wood of Maxar Tec...

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Three perspectives on the future of Ukraine

Defense One Radio - June 10, 2022 16:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
This episode, we hear from three people whose lives have become bound up with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Guests: Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine (beginning at the 3:27 mark); Ambassador Michael Carpenter, Washington’s Permane...

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Derek Chollet, the State Department’s ‘Swiss Army knife’

Defense One Radio - May 26, 2022 22:47 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
The State Department's Derek Chollet sat down to talk about Russia's Ukraine invasion, China's 21st-century rise, and much more with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baron.

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State Department Counselor Derek Chollet

Defense One Radio - May 26, 2022 22:47 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratings
The State Department's Derek Chollet sat down to talk about Russia's Ukraine invasion, China's 21st-century rise, and much more with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baron.

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