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    The Future of War in the Digital Age

    The claim that the US has the world's most powerful fighting force is seldom questioned, but warfare is changing. Powerful as it may be, the US military is a relic of the Industrial Age and is struggling to prepare for the Information Age.

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 11, 2015 • 9m Listen

    The claim that the US has the world's most powerful fighting force is seldom questioned, but warfare is changing. Powerful as it may be, the US military is a relic of the Industrial Age and is struggling to prepare for the Information Age. That's according to David Rothkopf, CEO and editor of Foreign Policy, host of the ER podcast and author of National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear.

    Operators in a control room pilot and monitor video feeds from a remotely piloted UAV

    Photo: Gerald Nino, CBP, US Deptartment of Homeland Security

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Director of Content, News

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      David Rothkopf

      FP Group

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    Republicans Debate America's Economic Future
    1. 1:47Virginia to Announce It Has Ended Veteran Homelessness
    2. 8:37"It's the Economy, Stupid…"
    3. 43:10The Future of War in the Digital AgeYou’re reading this
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