U.S. Defense Contractors Are Using ‘Battle Tested in Ukraine’ As a Marketing Label

On today’s episode, I talked to Kollen Post about how and why Silicon Valley markets their drones as “battle tested in Ukraine.” We recorded it on Thanksgiving, Jason was busy spending time with his family, and Post and I went down some weird philosophical rabbit holes.Impromptu drone developersThe Western image of the Ukrainian drone operatorOpen source is kingThe decentralized nature of Ukrainian societyFundraising for warThe ignorance of the American peopleTrump’s promise: You can forget itAmericans want to be heroesPalmer Luckey is selling drone piece loot cratesiPhone vs. LinuxJamming with GithubOnshoring the drone manufacturing process‘Battle-tested in Ukraine’ — How US drone makers turned Ukraine into a tagline to sell westUkraine’s drones have a reputation for low cost. Buntar Aerospace wants to make them boutiqueHow Palantir Is Using AI in UkraineThe Anduril merch storeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.