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E48 – Golden Dome, DIU, and the Innovation Reckoning

Jun 22, 2025 · 54 min

About this episode

In this episode, Mike and Jake catch up on defense techhappenings.   Links • Sign up for the newsletter⁠! • Support us on ⁠Patreon⁠! • ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ ----   Follow us on...  • LinkedIn • Instagram⁠ • ⁠X⁠ • ⁠Facebook⁠ ----   00:36 intro 03:31 defense tech investing 17:25 Anduril & Golden Dome 18:13 Golden Dome 25:51 frequency auctioning 28:12 Ukraine forcing a US reckoning 34:27 DIU criticism 42:24 the 4th offset? 46:39 Sun Tzu terrain 47:45 the torpedo 50:05 Ukraine drones and Israeli pagers