Is Innovation the New Battlefield?

From autonomous systems to AI-driven targeting, warfare is being redefined by innovation. This week’s guest, former Defense Under-Secretary Michèle Flournoy, argues that America’s ability to deter and win wars, now, depends less on troop strength and more on its capacity to out-innovate its rivals through cutting-edge research, skilled talent, and fast investment.

Flournoy outlines how deterrence is shifting as defense innovation accelerates worldwide, and allies modernize their military — and what policy changes, industrial partnerships, and investment priorities should come next.

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