Iran War is the First Missile War (crossover with Seeking Truth From Facts podcast) – #110

Steve and Alf discuss the Iran War, emphasizing what it

reveals about modern missile and anti-missile technology, drones, and

the implications for a US-China conflict in the Western Pacific.

Links:
https://seekingtruthfromfacts.substack.com/

Chapter Markers:

• (00:00) - Missile War Reality Check
• (01:49) - How the War Started
• (04:46) - Iran Outperforms Expectations
• (06:22) - Why Missile Defense Fails
• (14:25) - Ceasefire and Hormuz Brinkmanship
• (19:52) - Nukes and the JCPOA Fallout
• (33:44) - US Politics and Israel Lobby Aftershocks

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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to [email protected] or Steve on X @hsu_steve.