Killchain - Christian Brose

1. The US won the Gulf War with Iraq easily. But there was a person nicknamed "Yoda" who said that new wars will be fought on the basis of technical revolution and not how it was fought before.

   1. Since the world order just changed from multipolar to unipolar, with the US in charge, the government didn't feel the need to change anything

   2. They continued to win wars using their old traditional methods

   3. Eg: different fighter jet models, although built by the same company, still couldn't directly share data and depended on human involvement with radio systems

2. Then Obama prioritized present demands over future preparedness and cut defense spending.

3. in 2014, Russia's "little green men" effectively seized control over specific locations in Ukraine. This caught the US off guard as they were surprised by the sophistication and technological expertise of Russia. The US couldn't defend.

   1. Whilst the US reduced defense spending, Russia + China were innovating!

   2. Companies were fine with it as they would be paid more for maintenance as the government relied on them. On top of that, they would save significant money from not doing R&D.

4. After the Cold War, for a brief moment, the US was doing well in terms of innovation. Their method was to back "founder"-like people, and give them the resources to fail and succeed. They developed the hydrogen bomb and made many nuclear reactor breakthroughs. This led to the transformation of Silicon Valley, as they focused on developing military technologies.

   1. But after 1960s, buraucracy took over and made it difficult to continue with this method.

   2. This caused the young talent to take their talents elsewhere. This caused Silicon Valley to become a tech hub.

   3. The high barriers to entry for the defense industry caused the government to depend on fewer voices which meant more blind spots.

5. The relationship between Silicon Valley and the Department of Defense has been strained by a clash of cultures, values, and priorities. Silicon Valley’s global outlook and focus on innovation sometimes conflict with the Pentagon’s hierarchical structure and risk-averse nature.

   1. Companies don't want to work with Pentagon as it can be slow and less profitable than commercial markets.

   2. Basically, the people who are able to help are not willing

6. Military Internet of Things

   1. True significance of new systems and weapons lies in their potential to be integrated into a larger network of intelligent machines

   2. Human command, machine control. This would allow accelerated decision making and better situational awareness as information sharing becomes seamless

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