494 | Raj Shah: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

The Realignment

Technology, News Commentary, National Security, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, News, Public Policy, Economics, Politics, Saager Enjeti, U.s. Politics, Policy

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In a cross-over episode with Hudson's Arsenal of Democracy podcast, Raj Shah, former Director of the Defense Innovation Unit, Managing Parter at Shield Capital, and co-author of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War, joins The Realignment. Raj and Marshall discuss the evolution of Silicon Valley's relationship with the U.S. military since the 2010s, his time directing the Defense Innovation Unit, where D.C. stands in the way of innovation, and how lessons from today's current conflicts should shape our approach to the future.

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0:00.0	Marshall here, welcome back to the realignment.
0:03.3	Hey everyone, welcome back to the show.
0:05.0	Today's episode is a crossover
0:07.4	with my Hudson Institute podcast,
0:09.5	Arsenal of Democracy.
0:11.4	I'm speaking with Raj Shah. He is a managing partner at
0:14.7	Shield Capital and the co-author of a new book, Unit X, how the Pentagon in
0:19.4	Silicon Valley are transforming the future of war. In this conversation we cover everything from his time as the
0:25.5	former director of the Defense Innovation Unit 2, the future challenges exposed by the war in Ukraine
0:30.9	and this emerging state of conflicts in the Middle East and the
0:35.0	Indo-Pacific. If you enjoy these defense and foreign policy related topics, I
0:39.4	highly recommend you check out my Hudson Institute work. You can find all the links in the
0:43.4	show and I'll delve deeper into the tech area especially. Hope you all enjoy
0:47.9	the conversation. I'm Marshall Koeslov and this is Arsenal of Democracy.
0:53.7	For today's episode I'm joined by former Defense Innovation Unit Director Rodshaw discuss
1:07.4	his new book, Unit X, how the Pentagon in Silicon Valley are transforming the future of war. and Silicon
1:13.6	no one is arguing that we need no aircraft carriers
1:16.2	and they don't play an important role.
1:17.8	They do.
1:18.8	Does it have to be to the exclusion of what drones can do both in the sea and on land. Do you need 12
1:26.1	aircraft carriers or do we need 11? How many drones can you buy for one less or
1:30.1	do you delay one? In Ukraine we sent 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks,
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