WarTalk: Still Very Much Out of Ammo!

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the US-Iran ceasefire and military strategies in the region with insights from wargaming expert Becca Wasser.

Two weeks into the US-Iran ceasefire, CENTCOM is requesting Dark Eagle hypersonics, the 82nd Airborne is flowing into theater, and the wargames keep telling us the same thing — there’s no military solution to the Strait of Hormuz. Becca Wasser, America’s wargaming queen, currently with Bloomberg, joins WarTalk regulars Bryan Clark, Eric Robinson, and Justin Mc. We discuss… Why CENTCOM is using JASSMs to hit targets a glide bomb could handle What cosplay costs the Indo-Pacific The myth of US air superiority over Iran, and the SEAD legwork no one wants to do Who actually benefits from the ceasefire and why Iran has the lower bar for reconstitution Song: https://suno.com/s/wUhL26xyvUiklraY We now have the songs on spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/3wltBV7tzUjci0vyTSv6h7?si=aVdBxNM7QVOknAXRakJZCg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Becca Wasser

Topics covered

• US-Iran relations
• military strategy
• wargaming
• hypersonic weapons
• air superiority
• ceasefire analysis

Keywords

• US-Iran ceasefire
• military solution
• wargames
• hypersonics
• air superiority
• Iran reconstitution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CENTCOM, Bloomberg

Products: Dark Eagle hypersonics, JASSMs

Places: Strait of Hormuz, Iran, US, Indo-Pacific

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