Annie Jacobsen

Yes. I think that one... way of thinking and talking about the Golden Dome, which The president ordered and, you know, right after taking office, asked for bids, gave 90 days for them. It's obviously very serious. Some of those bids have come in. You have SpaceX and Anduril, among others, leading that.

Yes. I think that one... way of thinking and talking about the Golden Dome, which The president ordered and, you know, right after taking office, asked for bids, gave 90 days for them. It's obviously very serious. Some of those bids have come in. You have SpaceX and Anduril, among others, leading that.

Yes. I think that one... way of thinking and talking about the Golden Dome, which The president ordered and, you know, right after taking office, asked for bids, gave 90 days for them. It's obviously very serious. Some of those bids have come in. You have SpaceX and Anduril, among others, leading that.

So clearly this is going to be, you know, very high and now still entirely classified technologies that have to do with CubeSats and... concepts that very few of us, certainly me, know the technical specifications on because they're still being developed and they're obviously classified.

So clearly this is going to be, you know, very high and now still entirely classified technologies that have to do with CubeSats and... concepts that very few of us, certainly me, know the technical specifications on because they're still being developed and they're obviously classified.

So clearly this is going to be, you know, very high and now still entirely classified technologies that have to do with CubeSats and... concepts that very few of us, certainly me, know the technical specifications on because they're still being developed and they're obviously classified.

So you have to I have to hold both of those ideas on in balance because no doubt the Iron Dome is not the gold. I mean, the Iron Dome that everyone wants to make the analogy is just simply a bad analogy because Iron Dome we're talking about what's in Israel is very effective with short range rockets and perhaps even middle range rockets. But not long range ICBMs.

So you have to I have to hold both of those ideas on in balance because no doubt the Iron Dome is not the gold. I mean, the Iron Dome that everyone wants to make the analogy is just simply a bad analogy because Iron Dome we're talking about what's in Israel is very effective with short range rockets and perhaps even middle range rockets. But not long range ICBMs.

So you have to I have to hold both of those ideas on in balance because no doubt the Iron Dome is not the gold. I mean, the Iron Dome that everyone wants to make the analogy is just simply a bad analogy because Iron Dome we're talking about what's in Israel is very effective with short range rockets and perhaps even middle range rockets. But not long range ICBMs.

And for listeners, let me just give you a detail that might allow them to kind of visualize this and bring it home instead of being a hypothetical. And then I'll go back to Iron Golden Dome. And I'm curious more about what you think, which is that, you know, as it was explained to me to MIT physicist, Professor Emeritus Ted Postol.

And for listeners, let me just give you a detail that might allow them to kind of visualize this and bring it home instead of being a hypothetical. And then I'll go back to Iron Golden Dome. And I'm curious more about what you think, which is that, you know, as it was explained to me to MIT physicist, Professor Emeritus Ted Postol.

And for listeners, let me just give you a detail that might allow them to kind of visualize this and bring it home instead of being a hypothetical. And then I'll go back to Iron Golden Dome. And I'm curious more about what you think, which is that, you know, as it was explained to me to MIT physicist, Professor Emeritus Ted Postol.

The ICBM, the warhead at that point that is, you know, racing toward, let's say, the United States that the Golden Dome would, you know, defend against. The warhead, because all of the back of the rocket has been let loose, so it's just simply a small, literally a smallish object.

The ICBM, the warhead at that point that is, you know, racing toward, let's say, the United States that the Golden Dome would, you know, defend against. The warhead, because all of the back of the rocket has been let loose, so it's just simply a small, literally a smallish object.

The ICBM, the warhead at that point that is, you know, racing toward, let's say, the United States that the Golden Dome would, you know, defend against. The warhead, because all of the back of the rocket has been let loose, so it's just simply a small, literally a smallish object.

In space, moving approximately 14,000 miles an hour, 500 to 700 miles above the Earth. And so the current system, the interceptor system, launches a rocket with a kinetic warhead in it, essentially like a giant bowling ball, if you will, metaphorically, that is going to be traveling at 20,000 miles an hour to try to take out the moving warhead. And that is why the failure rate is below 50%.

In space, moving approximately 14,000 miles an hour, 500 to 700 miles above the Earth. And so the current system, the interceptor system, launches a rocket with a kinetic warhead in it, essentially like a giant bowling ball, if you will, metaphorically, that is going to be traveling at 20,000 miles an hour to try to take out the moving warhead. And that is why the failure rate is below 50%.

In space, moving approximately 14,000 miles an hour, 500 to 700 miles above the Earth. And so the current system, the interceptor system, launches a rocket with a kinetic warhead in it, essentially like a giant bowling ball, if you will, metaphorically, that is going to be traveling at 20,000 miles an hour to try to take out the moving warhead. And that is why the failure rate is below 50%.

It's like hitting a bullet with a bullet. Those are the words of the Missile Defense Agency. And so I think that helps listeners to understand what you're trying to deal with. And so the Golden Dome, from what I understand, is an entirely different array of systems that are in space that will identify and attack the incoming warhead, plural, because there's always MIRVs involved,

It's like hitting a bullet with a bullet. Those are the words of the Missile Defense Agency. And so I think that helps listeners to understand what you're trying to deal with. And so the Golden Dome, from what I understand, is an entirely different array of systems that are in space that will identify and attack the incoming warhead, plural, because there's always MIRVs involved,