Welcome to the hudson institute. Ein senior fellow at the institute of we are here to talk with Christian Brose whose new book, the kill chain, is in the future of hightech warfare that Christian Brose just released. Chris is a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee an and prior to that e Senior Policy Adviser for senator john mccain and previously held other positions in the government. Right now he is the chief surgeon to build capabilities for the military as well as for the department of homeland security. We can talk about that as we go through the interview. But thank you for being with us today. So, just to start off, what led you to do this but i know youve been thinking about these issues for a while and obviously something that you have encountered during your time onn the surface kennedy and senator mccain is the policy adviser. But what was the genesis of sitting down and writing the entire book . Guest its a great question i ask myself constant const
Chris is a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee and the senior policy advisor for senator john mccain and held other positions in the government and right now working privately for those companies that build for Homeland Security thank you for being with us today. Its great to be here. What led you to do this book . On the Armed Services committee as a policy advisor. And that that genesis. Its a great question. But it was two things. These were a product of the many years working on these issues thinking of this stuff on a daytoday basis but the first was the growing realization that we had a problem and that they didnt appreciate to lose competitive advantage and from the operational standpoint but it was mostly the sense there wasnt the urgency to get after that problem and in some respects how far behind the problem we are. So the thinking i had been doing what are we doing about this . And those that are presented by a competitor like china with technology
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