The Merge

E12 – How the Military Predicts the Future


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Mike hosts Air Force Colonel Don “Stryker” Haley to talk about how the US military predicts the future. Learn about how future concepts are created and war-gamed, and how that determines which technology should be prioritized for development to solve the right problems.

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Show Notes

(00:44) intro

(04:32) setting the stage

(09:16) 2018 NDS

(12:06) JWC 1.0

(16:10) what wargames are for

(19:20) JWC 2.0 and Integrated Deterrence

(19:40) 4 functional battles – CJADC2

(23:17) JWC 3.0

(24:04) the problem with near-term wargaming

(26:27) Top Secret

(28:13) who looks at the future

(31:36) wargaming

(32:19) white/blue/red teams

(40:59) what operators get wrong

(45:10) a blitz may be a mistake

(47:30) Globally Integrated Wargames (GIWG)

(48:33) lots of secrets

(54:01) learning no one’s in charge

(57:17) what happens after wargaming

(1:00:46) the budgeting realities

(1:02:36) Agile Combat Employment (ACE)

(1:08:34) cruise missiles from cargo planes

(1:15:12) AI-powered drones (CCAs)

(1:19:13) outro


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