President Donald Trump wants to build an American Iron Dome. He even signed an executive order to make it happen. It’s a terrible idea, one we’ve tried before, and one that will make America less safe.
In this episode, Joseph Cirincione returns to the program to detail his personal history with complicated and costly missile defense systems.
It all starts during a snowstorm in 1982 and with the High Frontier
Zombie defense pitches
It’s almost impossible to knock a bullet out of space with a bullet
How Israel’s Iron Dome works
Slow and hot vs fast and cold
Lasers don’t work, thanks Teller
Pitch: lasers in space. Reality: missile batteries in Alaska
These systems only work half the time and only under perfect conditions
SpaceX contracts abound!
A Pentagon Powerpoint slide enters chat
Jason’s Superman reverie, starring Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
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