Steve Kwast

Some of our other competition in the world have developed these tactical electromagnetic pulse weapons, meaning that a guy with a backpack or a satellite can actually point something at, let's say, a fleet of F-35s on the ramp, and strike a jolt of electricity that can fuse those SCADA systems and those computers.

Our dependency on electrons and electricity is very, very vulnerable, except for our nuclear forces, because it's expensive to harden things for that kind of event. So now we have Mother Nature as a potential threat to a very... vulnerable dependency that we have grown because of efficiency.

Our dependency on electrons and electricity is very, very vulnerable, except for our nuclear forces, because it's expensive to harden things for that kind of event. So now we have Mother Nature as a potential threat to a very... vulnerable dependency that we have grown because of efficiency.

Our dependency on electrons and electricity is very, very vulnerable, except for our nuclear forces, because it's expensive to harden things for that kind of event. So now we have Mother Nature as a potential threat to a very... vulnerable dependency that we have grown because of efficiency.

We've grown to be very dependent on electricity and it's very vulnerable because we wanted to make it as cheap as possible. And now it could become an existential threat to our society if people use that vulnerability as a place to attack us.

We've grown to be very dependent on electricity and it's very vulnerable because we wanted to make it as cheap as possible. And now it could become an existential threat to our society if people use that vulnerability as a place to attack us.

We've grown to be very dependent on electricity and it's very vulnerable because we wanted to make it as cheap as possible. And now it could become an existential threat to our society if people use that vulnerability as a place to attack us.

That's why I started the Electromagnetic Defense Initiative because our bases were vulnerable to electricity that was not guaranteed and we couldn't rely on backup generators if we couldn't have transportation for fuel to get it into the gate.

That's why I started the Electromagnetic Defense Initiative because our bases were vulnerable to electricity that was not guaranteed and we couldn't rely on backup generators if we couldn't have transportation for fuel to get it into the gate.

That's why I started the Electromagnetic Defense Initiative because our bases were vulnerable to electricity that was not guaranteed and we couldn't rely on backup generators if we couldn't have transportation for fuel to get it into the gate.

Something like that? Yeah, so there's no question that we are investigating these things. But here's one of the things that gets in the way. We over-classify everything. I mean, in the bureaucracy of our government, a 22-year-old kid that's brand new to the military as a lieutenant can classify something top secret and then takes an act of Congress to get it back down to where it needs to be.

Something like that? Yeah, so there's no question that we are investigating these things. But here's one of the things that gets in the way. We over-classify everything. I mean, in the bureaucracy of our government, a 22-year-old kid that's brand new to the military as a lieutenant can classify something top secret and then takes an act of Congress to get it back down to where it needs to be.

Something like that? Yeah, so there's no question that we are investigating these things. But here's one of the things that gets in the way. We over-classify everything. I mean, in the bureaucracy of our government, a 22-year-old kid that's brand new to the military as a lieutenant can classify something top secret and then takes an act of Congress to get it back down to where it needs to be.

So we are so overclassified and compartmentalized that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is talking about. And so oftentimes what will happen is Congress will ask this same question as we're talking to Congress about this risk to America. They'll say, well, I just talked to this four-star general and they told me that they're working on it. And they are.

So we are so overclassified and compartmentalized that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is talking about. And so oftentimes what will happen is Congress will ask this same question as we're talking to Congress about this risk to America. They'll say, well, I just talked to this four-star general and they told me that they're working on it. And they are.

So we are so overclassified and compartmentalized that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is talking about. And so oftentimes what will happen is Congress will ask this same question as we're talking to Congress about this risk to America. They'll say, well, I just talked to this four-star general and they told me that they're working on it. And they are.

But when you take a look at the money, It's like a little experiment up at the Air Force Research Lab that has like $300,000 when China is spending a billion dollars on the very same thing. So the road to operational, the road to commercial, the road to making something that is useful to our economy, It requires money and it takes leadership to innovate.

But when you take a look at the money, It's like a little experiment up at the Air Force Research Lab that has like $300,000 when China is spending a billion dollars on the very same thing. So the road to operational, the road to commercial, the road to making something that is useful to our economy, It requires money and it takes leadership to innovate.

But when you take a look at the money, It's like a little experiment up at the Air Force Research Lab that has like $300,000 when China is spending a billion dollars on the very same thing. So the road to operational, the road to commercial, the road to making something that is useful to our economy, It requires money and it takes leadership to innovate.

This goes back to your innovation question. Why aren't we innovating on some of these things? Well, some of them require the government to actually put its thumb on the scale and they aren't putting enough money on the scale to compete with those that see what it could do and are putting a lot of money on the scale.