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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2

Steve Blank

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. Todays threats need an agile system that can build incrementally and iteratively, and deliver with speed and urgency. It fails when facing unknowns.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 2 – Max Boot

Steve Blank

The Department of Defense has to decide which of these technologies and new weapons will be most important across these five: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and non-nation states. Todays threats need an agile system that can build incrementally and iteratively, and deliver with speed and urgency. It fails when facing unknowns.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Making the World a Safer Place

Steve Blank

North Korea. Today these potential adversaries are able to harness the power of social networks, encryption, GPS, low-cost drones, 3D printers, simpler design and manufacturing processes, agile and lean methodologies, ubiquitous Internet and smartphones. DF-21 and Islands in the South China Sea. We’re Our Own Worst Enemy.