Ep 173: Tom Karako on America’s Iron Dome
Jan 31, 2025•31 min
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Episode description
Tom Karako, Senior Fellow and Director of the Missile Defense Project at CSIS, joins the show to discuss what President Trump’s executive order on missile defense portends.
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• 01:15 Introduction
• 02:08 Dawn of missile defense
• 05:50 Ups and downs
• 10:40 Arguments against
• 14:50 Capabilities
• 18:45 A layered defense
• 22:20 Cost
• 26:42 Tried and tested
• 28:21 A “Pearl Harbor” Pearl Harbor
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