Exploration of the intersection between space technology, global conflicts, and individual entrepreneurs like Elon Musk. The chapter delves into threats to GPS, space security vulnerabilities, China's ambitions in space, the establishment of the US Space Force, and the influence of tech innovators in national security. It culminates in the escalating tensions with a Russian threat of detonating a nuclear weapon to disrupt satellite systems.
David Ignatius, a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post and the author of twelve novels, is also a noted expert on Middle East politics, one of the preeminent national security writers in the country, and perhaps, most importantly — the person who first assigned Kara Swisher to cover tech news.
Kara talks to her old boss about his new spy thriller, The Phantom Orbit, the upcoming presidential election, the war in Gaza, and the war in Ukraine.
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