Fresh Air

Challenges the U.S. military is facing in Iran

when you look historically at operations that have focused on using air power, whether that's aircraft or missiles, to try to change the behavior of another state, that there's a lot of debate and little evidence that air power alone normally produces a durable political outcome and the one that the attacking state is looking to achieve, in part because a lot of nations have a deeper interest in the situation than the U.S. does.

Semafor

The Strait of Hormuz will never really be open again, argues Tim McDonnell

What we saw in this case was that the military capacity of the US to force the Strait of Hormuz back open was really a lot lower than I think many people thought it could be. This took, you know, several months and ultimately we're getting a reopening through a negotiated outcome rather than, you know, strictly through military force.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Darren Farber on Iran, China, and the Rise of Neoprimes - [Invest Like the Best, EP.474]

The real problem with deterrence is that it requires your adversary to believe you will actually follow through. And historically, the United States has had a credibility problem — we draw red lines and then don't enforce them, which is an invitation for adversaries to probe and push.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Darren Farber on Iran, China, and the Rise of Neoprimes - [Invest Like the Best, EP.474]

The U.S. has been the world's dominant military power for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to have a peer competitor. And the scary thing is that China isn't just catching up — in some domains, they've already surpassed us.

The a16z Show

The Missing Power Layer of Modern Warfare

As the battlefield becomes more distributed and electronics-heavy, the Army's legacy power infrastructure, built around diesel generators and lead-acid batteries, is struggling to keep up.

The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

The $2 Trillion Risk Investors Can’t See | Prof G Markets

I think people are probably just beginning to realize that this is not going to be a two-day affair. It should be a two-day affair because if if Iran was run by a normal government that had the interests of its own people at heart, they'd have surrendered 24 hours ago or 48 hours ago because there's there's no way that they can win.

The New York Times

How We Analyzed the Strike on the Iranian School | Visual Investigations

A precision strike is where an army will take the coordinates of a target, input that into their targeting system, or visually identify a target and lock onto it. We can see in the satellite imagery precision strikes that destroyed buildings or punched holes in the roofs of those buildings very precisely.