Annie Jacobsen

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,

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,

Yes. So from multiple altitudes, that alone, you can understand why most of us in the room, this room or any room, are at a serious deficiency trying to accurately discuss that. Now, I took this question to Richard Garwin, who developed the thermonuclear, who drew the plans for the thermonuclear bomb, for... Edward Teller when he was 23 years old. And I took this question to Ted Postal and others.

Yes. So from multiple altitudes, that alone, you can understand why most of us in the room, this room or any room, are at a serious deficiency trying to accurately discuss that. Now, I took this question to Richard Garwin, who developed the thermonuclear, who drew the plans for the thermonuclear bomb, for... Edward Teller when he was 23 years old. And I took this question to Ted Postal and others.

Yes. So from multiple altitudes, that alone, you can understand why most of us in the room, this room or any room, are at a serious deficiency trying to accurately discuss that. Now, I took this question to Richard Garwin, who developed the thermonuclear, who drew the plans for the thermonuclear bomb, for... Edward Teller when he was 23 years old. And I took this question to Ted Postal and others.

And while all of them know that the that the old Star Wars idea was was, as you say, a complete boondoggle, meaning it was not. I mean, I did an interview with Charles Townes a decade, a decade ago now who invented the laser. Yeah. And had this discussion with him. You know, I've been talking about this for a long time.

And while all of them know that the that the old Star Wars idea was was, as you say, a complete boondoggle, meaning it was not. I mean, I did an interview with Charles Townes a decade, a decade ago now who invented the laser. Yeah. And had this discussion with him. You know, I've been talking about this for a long time.

And while all of them know that the that the old Star Wars idea was was, as you say, a complete boondoggle, meaning it was not. I mean, I did an interview with Charles Townes a decade, a decade ago now who invented the laser. Yeah. And had this discussion with him. You know, I've been talking about this for a long time.

And again, not getting overwhelmed with kind of nerding out on engineering statistics, of which I am not capable, but rather as a metaphor to try and understand poetically. Is this. And. I don't know the answer and neither do any of those individuals as technology advances.

And again, not getting overwhelmed with kind of nerding out on engineering statistics, of which I am not capable, but rather as a metaphor to try and understand poetically. Is this. And. I don't know the answer and neither do any of those individuals as technology advances.

And again, not getting overwhelmed with kind of nerding out on engineering statistics, of which I am not capable, but rather as a metaphor to try and understand poetically. Is this. And. I don't know the answer and neither do any of those individuals as technology advances.

And that's very troubling for finances and for transparency and for democracy, because we just have no idea if it's a boondoggle or if it's actually legitimate.

And that's very troubling for finances and for transparency and for democracy, because we just have no idea if it's a boondoggle or if it's actually legitimate.