Pete and Joe talk their analysis of the Kursk offensive. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound **Photo Credit: google AI

Pete and Joe talk the uncomfortable wait for an Iranian response to the Israeli surgical strike. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: “Crisis” Intro and "Heavy Interlude" outro by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound

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Pete and Joe talk the latest National Defense Strategy review. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: “Achilles” Intro and "Heavy Interlude" outro by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound

Brass Tactics goes to the bookshelves for our reading list recommendations. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound FX **GEM Projector 4.m4a by guyburns -- https://freesound.org/s/432520/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

It has been a while since we bored you with some military theory so we thought we could take a swing at the principles of war this week. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound FX **GEM Projector 4.m4a by guyburns -- https://freesound.org/s/432520/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Brass Tactics goes to the war movies! ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sound FX **GEM Projector 4.m4a by guyburns -- https://freesound.org/s/432520/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

The cast discusses asymmetric warfare with a special focus on how balloons have been used for tactical advantages consistently since their inception. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Pete, Joe, and Matt revisit force projection from a new perspective: the cost of deploying military force.

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Joe and Pete bring on their friend Matt to talk about force projection--a linchpin in the US national security strategy ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Joe and Pete discuss the Iranian retaliation strike after a two-week hiatus. Welcome to the world Joe's new baby! ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/