{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3dd76634-7b1c-45c2-a9cf-2f6f96d4e0b4/67b608f35033e3e15a07de46?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The American Iron Dome Is an Expensive Boondoggle That Won’t Work","description":"<p><strong>Listen to this episode commercial free at </strong><a href=\"https://angryplanetpod.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https://angryplanetpod.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Joseph Cirincione returns to the program to detail his personal history with complicated and costly missile defense systems.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>It all starts during a snowstorm in 1982 and with the High Frontier</li><li>Zombie defense pitches</li><li>It’s almost impossible to knock a bullet out of space with a bullet</li><li>How Israel’s Iron Dome works</li><li>Slow and hot vs fast and cold</li><li>Lasers don’t work, thanks Teller</li><li>Pitch: lasers in space. Reality: missile batteries in Alaska</li><li>These systems only work half the time and only under perfect conditions</li><li>SpaceX contracts abound!</li><li>A Pentagon Powerpoint slide enters chat</li><li>Jason’s Superman reverie, starring Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor</li><li>How do China and Russia react?</li><li>“The enemy gets a vote.”</li><li>The last arms control treaty</li><li>Ronald Reagan: anti-nuclear advocate</li><li>How SDI kept us from eliminating nuclear weapons</li><li>Anatomy of an arms race</li><li>AI is coming to nuclear command and control</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://gizmodo.com/project-2025-and-trump-are-cooking-up-a-recipe-for-a-new-nuclear-arms-race-2000539564\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Project 2025 and Trump Are Cooking Up a Recipe for a New Nuclear Arms Race</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/the-iron-dome-for-america/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Iron Dome for America Executive Order</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://thebulletin.org/2025/02/the-national-missile-defense-fantasy-again/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The national missile defense fantasy—again</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.sda.mil/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Transport-Layer_distro-A_FINAL.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.404media.co/why-the-us-general-in-charge-of-nuclear-weapons-said-he-needs-ai/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why the US General In Charge of Nuclear Weapons Said He Needs AI</a></p>","author_name":"Matthew Gault and Jason Fields"}