ChinaTalk Anduril's Christian Brose on the Dangers of Unseriousness
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Oct 13, 2025 
Christian Brose, Chief Strategy Officer at Anduril Industries and former Senate Armed Services Committee staff director, discusses America's vulnerabilities in high-tech warfare. He highlights the imminent threats of low-cost drone attacks and the bureaucratic hurdles that slow defense advancements. Brose stresses the importance of learning from the Ukraine war and adapting military doctrines to modern challenges. He also delves into the implications of AI on military decision-making and the necessity for the U.S. to enhance its production capabilities to counter China's manufacturing edge.
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Homeland Drone Vulnerability
- The U.S. is vulnerable to low-cost, proliferated drone attacks and is treating it like a September 10th problem.
- Christian Brose warns this is imminently possible and requires urgent integrated defense action.
Act Fast On Counter‑Drone Defense
- Recognize the vulnerability and move urgently to field integrated counter-drone systems at critical sites.
- Bust through policy and bureaucratic logjams and allocate funding to deploy real capabilities, not theater.
Private Tech Enables New Doctrine
- Government must rely on private innovators to supply new technological capabilities and concepts.
- The military then must reorganize operationally to exploit those technologies at scale.
