Rob Stein
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556 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 11 Sep
Rob Stein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The NPR Politics Podcast · Trump's oil "deal" and gunboat diplomacy | Sources & Methods · 4 Sep 2026
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The US had been so powerful a decade earlier in the in the first Gulf War and then this was a second big operation after the end of the Cold War.
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The the US military seemed unstoppable at this point.
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The notion that the the US uh would be fleeing or choosing to leave Afghanistan and the Taliban would be taking over twenty years later would just was incomprehensible.
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Yeah, these moments often happen and and you don't realize the full level of consequences until many years later.
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Yeah,
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The most compelling global stories straight to your ears.
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That's what we do at State of the World from NPR.
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Developments in Ukraine, Iran, with Ebola, but also how British beavers are fighting the effects of climate change.
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Hi, Tam.
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Yeah, it's actually a very old air defense system, first introduced way back in the 1980s.
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It really came into the spotlight, ironically or not, in the first Gulf War when the U.S.
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was battling Iraq and shooting down Iraqi Scud missiles in the Gulf, which is where a war is taking place today, although obviously against Iran instead of Iraq.
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It is considered, until recently and another system came along, the premier system for shooting down ballistic missiles.
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About 20 countries have the Patriot air defense system built by Raytheon, now called RTX.
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These include European countries, Gulf countries, Asian allies of the U.S., and Ukraine.
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And what has happened with these two wars is that there is a huge demand, not just for the systems, but for the missiles you need to fire, essentially like the bullets you fire from a gun.
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and there just aren't enough of them.
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Ukraine desperately needs them to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles.
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The U.S.
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and its Gulf allies need them to shoot down Iranian ballistic missiles, and there just aren't enough to go around.
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