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Feb 2024
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The Trinity Revolution in Warfare: Preci...

Silverado Policy Accelerator
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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Shashank Joshi, Defense Editor for The Economist, about the changing nature of warfare and the impact of proliferation and affordability of precision munitions, sensor ubiquity and digital communications like Starlink. They discuss the still crucial importance of infantry mass and artillery ammunition in this revolution, the cha ... Show More
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