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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 12 –The Space Force– General John Raymond

Steve Blank

In 1991 we went to war in Desert Storm to evict Iraq out of Kuwait. Iraq was also launching Scud missiles and we used Strategic Missile warning capabilities that we have (in space) to detect ICBMs, and we used them to be able to give warning of these smaller rockets. Desert Storm and Space. And that really was the first space war.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). However, if we give them equipment that fails to keep up with the threat or state of the art, our warfighters bear a cost (ultimately with their lives) that they and the nation will pay. The first, the transition from buying a small number of exquisite systems versus large number of low-cost systems.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3 – Anja Manuel

Steve Blank

faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.). However, if we give them equipment that fails to keep up with the threat or state of the art, our warfighters bear a cost (ultimately with their lives) that they and the nation will pay. The first, the transition from buying a small number of exquisite systems versus large number of low-cost systems.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 4

Steve Blank

Sentinel initially started by trying to use low-cost sensors to monitor surface ships in a A2/AD environment. This week we had one group of students volunteer to go to Iraq or Afghanistan to see the customer problem first-hand. so they can get a great product that solves real problems and can be widely deployed quickly.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 4

Steve Blank

Sentinel initially started by trying to use low-cost sensors to monitor surface ships in a A2/AD environment. This week we had one group of students volunteer to go to Iraq or Afghanistan to see the customer problem first-hand. so they can get a great product that solves real problems and can be widely deployed quickly.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1

Steve Blank

New adversaries like ISIS in Iraq created the need for a new doctrine i.e. the 2006 Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24. There’s something wrong when the cost of entry of Palantir , SpaceX and Anduril as new DOD contractors required billionaire founders.) New startups/companies rarely break into the system. Slides 35-37.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1 – Ash Carter

Steve Blank

New adversaries like ISIS in Iraq created the need for a new doctrine i.e. the 2006 Counterinsurgency Field Manual 3-24. There’s something wrong when the cost of entry of Palantir , SpaceX and Anduril as new DOD contractors required billionaire founders.) New startups/companies rarely break into the system. Slides 35-37.