Support our work: http://novara.media/support The most powerful military in the world doesn’t know what it’s for. The US military is changing shape: it’s increasingly high-tech, intelligence led, and focused on assassinations. In short, the Israeli model. And the changing shape of war means changing flows of money and power. The primes, which have dominated the military industrial complex for decades, now face competition from firms from Silicon Valley: Palantir and Anduril most famously. But does their tech actually work? Or does it just drag the US into wars it doesn’t even know why it’s fighting? Do Your Own Research is a new show from Novara Media mapping the systems that make the modern world possible. Music by Iglooghost. 00:00 Intro 03:11 Legacy Defence Companies 09:14 What Does Palantir Actually Do? 11:54 Surveillance, Data Integration, and the “Immigration OS” 16:21 Drones and Military Intelligence 21:10 US Industrial Policy and the “Gingrich Republicans” 23:29 The Halliburton Model 27:01 Learning from China: Industrial Production and “Communism” at the Pentagon 33:17 The Logistics of ICE 35:32 The “Enshittification” of Weapons Systems 45:38 Network-Centric Warfare and Autonomous Strikes 53:30 Why Venture Capitalists Love Drones 1:02:38 The Shift in National Defense Strategy Regarding China 1:09:06 Is the US the New Soviet Union? 1:18:28 Military Keynesianism and the End of Neoliberalism 1:31:37 Extended Reality and the “Joe Rogan” Defense Lobby 1:36:00 The Future of Combat Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/ Discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Novara/_Media/

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