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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. Hanneke Weitering, “ Russia Has Launched an Anti-Satellite Missile Test, US Space Command Says ” Space.com, Dec. Space Force.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

And as we’ve seen in the Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. compete more effectively through new operational concepts, organizations, and/or strategies. Class Organization. Jason Kim : “ This course doesn’t just discuss U.S. national security issues.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 12 –The Space Force– General John Raymond

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. John Raymond , Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force. He or she has to conduct operations today.

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The Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford

Steve Blank

Over the last decade we’ve created a series of classes in entrepreneurship, rapid innovation, and national security: Lean LaunchPad ; National Science Foundation I-Corps ; Hacking for Defense ; Hacking for Diplomacy ; Technology, Innovation and Modern War last year; and this year Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War

Steve Blank

I’m teaching my first non-lean start up class in a decade at Stanford next week; Technology, Innovation and Modern War : Keeping America’s Edge in an Era of Great Power Competition. As each new technology created new military systems, new operational concepts were developed (bows and arrows were used differently than rocks, etc.).

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Mike Brown and I teach the class to: Give our students an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities for the United States in its enduring strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China, Russia and other rivals. Team 1: Precision Match (AI for DoD Operations) Click here to see the presentation.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

Now we have ditched the cold war triad in the 21st century since the Soviet Union became Russia again and discovered its own style of capitalism.) Now the Soviets had first hand knowledge of how their air defense systems would work against the nuclear armed B-52G and H models in an operational environment.