Unmanned Surface Vessels, Drone Swarms, & Deterring China | Bryan Clark (Podcast #19)

Bryan Clark is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute. He is an expert in naval operations, electronic warfare, autonomous systems, military competitions, and wargaming.

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(0:00) Intro

(1:00) Bryan's Background & Hudson Institute

(4:21) Saronic & USVs Breakdown

(15:05) Impacts of Drones in Ukraine War

(18:21) Carrier Strike Group in Age of USVs

(24:00) American Drone Production Capacity

(27:01) Unitree & Humanoid Robots

(30:28) How to Counter Drone Swarms

(39:18) GPS Denied Components for Drones

(42:01) Retooling Our Arsenal & Countering China

(51:26) DOD Getting Ahead of DOGE?

(54:41) Hypersonics Are Not That Great

(57:06) Contested Logistics

(1:00:37) Lasers Are Overrated

(01:04:11) Loitering Munitions

(01:06:17) Undersea Drones

(01:11:08) Outro

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