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The Pentagon is undergoing a serious "brain drain" at what may be the worst possible time. Only recently, the Defense Intelligence Agency warned that China is close to outpacing us in both space warfare and espionage with their rapid advances in technology. (Most of which they stole from other countries but then improved upon rapidly.)

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A senior official responsible for driving technological innovation at the U.S. Department of Defense has resigned, saying the Pentagon needs "structural change" and should behave more like SpaceX, Elon Musk's satellite company that has shaken up rocket launches.
"We're falling behind the commercial base in key areas, so we've got to catch up," Preston Dunlap, the first person in the U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill the role of chief architect officer, told Bloomberg News in an interview. As a result the U.S. risked losing its technological edge against potential adversaries, he said.
Dunlap, who handed in his resignation on Monday after three years in the post at the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, was responsible for pushing more technology into a $70 billion budget for research, development and acquisition.

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You can read more of Dunlap's history and professional accomplishments here. He said he is working on starting his own company with a focus on satellites, data and artificial intelligence.

Sadly, Dunlap isn't the only one of the Pentagon technology wizards to bail out recently. David Spirk, the Defense Department's outgoing chief data officer, resigned earlier this month. He too warned that the Pentagon isn't focusing enough on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum science, and could soon fall behind China in these areas.

At the end of last year, the U.S. Air Force's first chief software officer similarly turned in his resignation, saying that we are "losing the AI race to China."

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Getting back to Dunlap for a moment, the key point he was attempting to drive home seems obvious. The group that the Pentagon is getting beaten to the punch by isn't specifically the CCP or any other government. They are being left behind by the private sector. Between SpaceX and Google, along with many other technology outfits, huge advances in all of these areas are being made and the Department of Defense doesn't really have a horse in that race currently.

So how do we get back in the game? Perhaps it's time to take Dunlap's advice to heart and consult with some actual experts who are out there on the cutting edge. It might require loosening up all of the secrecy that infests the Pentagon but assembling a team of young innovators from some of these
cutting-edge companies to come and overhaul the system might be the way to retain or regain our edge.

Otherwise, we're going to wake up some morning with all of our communications systems crashing and our satellites floating dead in orbit and realize that we've already lost the new space race. And then we could be in for a world of hurt.

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Via Hot Air

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It doesn't seem that our government does ANYTHING that it's actually supposed to do.

People don't leave companies, they leave bosses.

Not surprising. There are a bunch of obscenely unqualified black people, Hispanics, gays, trans people, pedophiles, etc. who have been placed in all kinds of key positions in the military and DoD simply because they are black, Hispanic, gay, trans, pedophiles, etc. Diversity is our strength, until we get blown up. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Anyone that has been paying even the slightest bit of attention knows this is 100% intentional.

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This is so true. How often does someone enjoy his job, and then the same job becomes a burden after a new boss arrives?

Is Chinese AI really that advanced?

Can it pick the right pronouns? Can it marry faces to the right alphabet?

Our pentagons priority is climate change, gay pride, and paying for transgender surgery. Having weapons systems that keep up with our enemies is not important to this regime.

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Our pentagons priority is climate change, gay pride, and paying for transgender surgery. Having weapons systems that keep up with our enemies is not important to this regime.

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You forgot vaccine mandates.

"Thoughts?"

We may have to outsource the Department of Defense.

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The Pentagon is undergoing a serious "brain drain" at what may be the worst possible time. Only recently, the Defense Intelligence Agency warned that China is close to outpacing us in both space warfare and espionage with their rapid advances in technology. (Most of which they stole from other countries but then improved upon rapidly.)

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A senior official responsible for driving technological innovation at the U.S. Department of Defense has resigned, saying the Pentagon needs "structural change" and should behave more like SpaceX, Elon Musk's satellite company that has shaken up rocket launches.
"We're falling behind the commercial base in key areas, so we've got to catch up," Preston Dunlap, the first person in the U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill the role of chief architect officer, told Bloomberg News in an interview. As a result the U.S. risked losing its technological edge against potential adversaries, he said.
Dunlap, who handed in his resignation on Monday after three years in the post at the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, was responsible for pushing more technology into a $70 billion budget for research, development and acquisition.

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You can read more of Dunlap's history and professional accomplishments here. He said he is working on starting his own company with a focus on satellites, data and artificial intelligence.

Sadly, Dunlap isn't the only one of the Pentagon technology wizards to bail out recently. David Spirk, the Defense Department's outgoing chief data officer, resigned earlier this month. He too warned that the Pentagon isn't focusing enough on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum science, and could soon fall behind China in these areas.

At the end of last year, the U.S. Air Force's first chief software officer similarly turned in his resignation, saying that we are "losing the AI race to China."

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Getting back to Dunlap for a moment, the key point he was attempting to drive home seems obvious. The group that the Pentagon is getting beaten to the punch by isn't specifically the CCP or any other government. They are being left behind by the private sector. Between SpaceX and Google, along with many other technology outfits, huge advances in all of these areas are being made and the Department of Defense doesn't really have a horse in that race currently.

So how do we get back in the game? Perhaps it's time to take Dunlap's advice to heart and consult with some actual experts who are out there on the cutting edge. It might require loosening up all of the secrecy that infests the Pentagon but assembling a team of young innovators from some of these
cutting-edge companies to come and overhaul the system might be the way to retain or regain our edge.

Otherwise, we're going to wake up some morning with all of our communications systems crashing and our satellites floating dead in orbit and realize that we've already lost the new space race. And then we could be in for a world of hurt.

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Via Hot Air

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Of course it is, they only want to hire transsexuals and minorities. Without normal white people the entire system is going to fall apart.

This country is circling the drain at all levels because of these policies. I'll be amazed if we make another 20 years.

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Our pentagons priority is climate change, gay pride, and paying for transgender surgery. Having weapons systems that keep up with our enemies is not important to this regime.

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Ah yes, kicking out experienced service members who don't get a useless and possibly harmful vaccine all while covering up a huge spike in vax complications. Another example of the regime's laser focus on what really matters.

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The Pentagon is undergoing a serious "brain drain" at what may be the worst possible time. Only recently, the Defense Intelligence Agency warned that China is close to outpacing us in both space warfare and espionage with their rapid advances in technology. (Most of which they stole from other countries but then improved upon rapidly.)

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A senior official responsible for driving technological innovation at the U.S. Department of Defense has resigned, saying the Pentagon needs "structural change" and should behave more like SpaceX, Elon Musk's satellite company that has shaken up rocket launches.
"We're falling behind the commercial base in key areas, so we've got to catch up," Preston Dunlap, the first person in the U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill the role of chief architect officer, told Bloomberg News in an interview. As a result the U.S. risked losing its technological edge against potential adversaries, he said.
Dunlap, who handed in his resignation on Monday after three years in the post at the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, was responsible for pushing more technology into a $70 billion budget for research, development and acquisition.

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You can read more of Dunlap's history and professional accomplishments here. He said he is working on starting his own company with a focus on satellites, data and artificial intelligence.

Sadly, Dunlap isn't the only one of the Pentagon technology wizards to bail out recently. David Spirk, the Defense Department's outgoing chief data officer, resigned earlier this month. He too warned that the Pentagon isn't focusing enough on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum science, and could soon fall behind China in these areas.

At the end of last year, the U.S. Air Force's first chief software officer similarly turned in his resignation, saying that we are "losing the AI race to China."

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Getting back to Dunlap for a moment, the key point he was attempting to drive home seems obvious. The group that the Pentagon is getting beaten to the punch by isn't specifically the CCP or any other government. They are being left behind by the private sector. Between SpaceX and Google, along with many other technology outfits, huge advances in all of these areas are being made and the Department of Defense doesn't really have a horse in that race currently.

So how do we get back in the game? Perhaps it's time to take Dunlap's advice to heart and consult with some actual experts who are out there on the cutting edge. It might require loosening up all of the secrecy that infests the Pentagon but assembling a team of young innovators from some of these
cutting-edge companies to come and overhaul the system might be the way to retain or regain our edge.

Otherwise, we're going to wake up some morning with all of our communications systems crashing and our satellites floating dead in orbit and realize that we've already lost the new space race. And then we could be in for a world of hurt.

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Via Hot Air

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Of course it is, they only want to hire transsexuals and minorities. Without normal white people the entire system is going to fall apart.

This country is circling the drain at all levels because of these policies. I'll be amazed if we make another 20 years.

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So whites are the only reason the country can operate?

I think the Pentagon may be missing a paradigm shift in warfare and weapons. Physical weapons will always be important, but virtual weapons will likely be a key differentiator in the next war.

AI's have come a long way in strategic decision making ability and could eventually outpace people in many areas, and we med embrace that by augmenting our war fighters with it where we can. Part of that is understanding the technology, and another part is developing it and staying ahead.

I think great examples are Al****o and AlphaStar. These AI's have proven an ability to learn and play incredibly complex games and defeat the best of the best human players even on even playing fields (forced to move a mouse as opposed to much faster programmatic interaction). These are games, but conceptually they are simply competitions like combat. Give a good enough AI enough time in a simulator and real air to air combat and they will eventually smoke human pilots. Take the ability of an AlphaStar type AI to strategically employ multiple unit types and capabilities to achieve an objective and give it a drone swarm and you have an effective, attritable battlefield commander and unit capable of employing its own troops and responding and adapting to novel scenarios with little risk to human soldiers.

Another aspect is simply security in architecture. It had not been the priority it needs to be from what I have read from shine of the individuals mentioned.

Data aggregation and processing is another area. The fog of war can be partially lifted through aggregation and processing of disparate data. A big handicap for battlefield commanders is information overload and prioritizing information. AI can certainly help with that, but that kind of augmentation requires support, attention, and R&D to get off the ground.

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Our pentagons priority is climate change, gay pride, and paying for transgender surgery. Having weapons systems that keep up with our enemies is not important to this regime.

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Exactly, if you actually enjoy creating new technology and being cutting edge, you would have to go work at SpaceX or one of the War / Jet companies to actually design and produce things.

Why would anyone with any talent want to work at the Pentagon now?

No doubt the Pentagon would benefit from structural change. However, I don't see it as a race between the military and the commercial sector, but rather a partnership. I'm not aware of the DOD actually pushing the frontiers of technological innovation -- they contract with defense companies (and increasingly non-defense) for the products and services they wish to acquire. Yes, the DOD has to be up to speed on technological developments and definitely has a (large) voice in guiding innovation that is needed for defense, However it is the commercial sector, universities, government research labs, etc. that do the heavy lifting when it comes to actual innovation. If we fall behind the Chinese in AI , it's most likely because Google (for example) refuses to share their technology with DOD (which has actually happened, believe it or not). Anyway, my 2 cents.

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We may have to outsource the Department of Defense.

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Will Biden go with Russia or China? Probably whoever will give him the greatest kickback.

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Will Biden go with Russia or China? Probably whoever will give him the greatest kickback.

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I was thinking Spacex. The defense of this great country is far too important a task to be entrusted to the government.

The effects of gaslighting. A rational and reasoned mind can't tolerate it.

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Will Biden go with Russia or China? Probably whoever will give him the greatest kickback.

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I was thinking Spacex. The defense of this great country is far too important a task to be entrusted to the government.

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Let Musk work the problems? Why not? Of course he may not want to work with them and I wouldn't necessarily blame him if he didn't. I dated a super computer genius in the early 80s. DOD was always after him to go to work for their designated contractors, but he was a pacifist kind of guy who did not want to apply his kills to making or improving weapons of war.

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The Pentagon is undergoing a serious "brain drain" at what may be the worst possible time. Only recently, the Defense Intelligence Agency warned that China is close to outpacing us in both space warfare and espionage with their rapid advances in technology. (Most of which they stole from other countries but then improved upon rapidly.)

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A senior official responsible for driving technological innovation at the U.S. Department of Defense has resigned, saying the Pentagon needs "structural change" and should behave more like SpaceX, Elon Musk's satellite company that has shaken up rocket launches.
"We're falling behind the commercial base in key areas, so we've got to catch up," Preston Dunlap, the first person in the U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill the role of chief architect officer, told Bloomberg News in an interview. As a result the U.S. risked losing its technological edge against potential adversaries, he said.
Dunlap, who handed in his resignation on Monday after three years in the post at the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, was responsible for pushing more technology into a $70 billion budget for research, development and acquisition.

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You can read more of Dunlap's history and professional accomplishments here. He said he is working on starting his own company with a focus on satellites, data and artificial intelligence.

Sadly, Dunlap isn't the only one of the Pentagon technology wizards to bail out recently. David Spirk, the Defense Department's outgoing chief data officer, resigned earlier this month. He too warned that the Pentagon isn't focusing enough on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum science, and could soon fall behind China in these areas.

At the end of last year, the U.S. Air Force's first chief software officer similarly turned in his resignation, saying that we are "losing the AI race to China."

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Getting back to Dunlap for a moment, the key point he was attempting to drive home seems obvious. The group that the Pentagon is getting beaten to the punch by isn't specifically the CCP or any other government. They are being left behind by the private sector. Between SpaceX and Google, along with many other technology outfits, huge advances in all of these areas are being made and the Department of Defense doesn't really have a horse in that race currently.

So how do we get back in the game? Perhaps it's time to take Dunlap's advice to heart and consult with some actual experts who are out there on the cutting edge. It might require loosening up all of the secrecy that infests the Pentagon but assembling a team of young innovators from some of these
cutting-edge companies to come and overhaul the system might be the way to retain or regain our edge.

Otherwise, we're going to wake up some morning with all of our communications systems crashing and our satellites floating dead in orbit and realize that we've already lost the new space race. And then we could be in for a world of hurt.

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Via Hot Air

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Of course it is, they only want to hire transsexuals and minorities. Without normal white people the entire system is going to fall apart.

This country is circling the drain at all levels because of these policies. I'll be amazed if we make another 20 years.

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We shouldn't care if someone is white, brown, black, polka dotted, straight, or queer. All we should care about is are they smart, well qualified, and the best person for the job.

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The Pentagon is undergoing a serious "brain drain" at what may be the worst possible time. Only recently, the Defense Intelligence Agency warned that China is close to outpacing us in both space warfare and espionage with their rapid advances in technology. (Most of which they stole from other countries but then improved upon rapidly.)

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A senior official responsible for driving technological innovation at the U.S. Department of Defense has resigned, saying the Pentagon needs "structural change" and should behave more like SpaceX, Elon Musk's satellite company that has shaken up rocket launches.
"We're falling behind the commercial base in key areas, so we've got to catch up," Preston Dunlap, the first person in the U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill the role of chief architect officer, told Bloomberg News in an interview. As a result the U.S. risked losing its technological edge against potential adversaries, he said.
Dunlap, who handed in his resignation on Monday after three years in the post at the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, was responsible for pushing more technology into a $70 billion budget for research, development and acquisition.

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You can read more of Dunlap's history and professional accomplishments here. He said he is working on starting his own company with a focus on satellites, data and artificial intelligence.

Sadly, Dunlap isn't the only one of the Pentagon technology wizards to bail out recently. David Spirk, the Defense Department's outgoing chief data officer, resigned earlier this month. He too warned that the Pentagon isn't focusing enough on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum science, and could soon fall behind China in these areas.

At the end of last year, the U.S. Air Force's first chief software officer similarly turned in his resignation, saying that we are "losing the AI race to China."

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Getting back to Dunlap for a moment, the key point he was attempting to drive home seems obvious. The group that the Pentagon is getting beaten to the punch by isn't specifically the CCP or any other government. They are being left behind by the private sector. Between SpaceX and Google, along with many other technology outfits, huge advances in all of these areas are being made and the Department of Defense doesn't really have a horse in that race currently.

So how do we get back in the game? Perhaps it's time to take Dunlap's advice to heart and consult with some actual experts who are out there on the cutting edge. It might require loosening up all of the secrecy that infests the Pentagon but assembling a team of young innovators from some of these
cutting-edge companies to come and overhaul the system might be the way to retain or regain our edge.

Otherwise, we're going to wake up some morning with all of our communications systems crashing and our satellites floating dead in orbit and realize that we've already lost the new space race. And then we could be in for a world of hurt.

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Via Hot Air

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Of course it is, they only want to hire transsexuals and minorities. Without normal white people the entire system is going to fall apart.

This country is circling the drain at all levels because of these policies. I'll be amazed if we make another 20 years.

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I don't at all support skin deep diversity, but there is certainly a place in the DoD for a lot of people who probably don't fit in the rank and file.

For instance, who gives a **** what someone looks like or who they **** if they're an AI expert or bleeding edge data scientist? That person could certainly make a worthwhile contribution to strategic planning, development, or acquisitions, and if we look at leading tech companies who are developing a lot of technology that is conceptually applicable to military problems, there are certainly a lot of these people in that space.

Turing is a perfect example. He made huge contributions to computing and project Ultra, but he was gay. He may not have been a soldier, but he certainly contributed to lethality through cryptanalysis and code breaking. Many women did as well. Did they bring in the front lines in combat arms? No. Should they have been completely barred from contributing? Also no.

I think the way that diversity is being pursued is often counterproductive, but I can also see ways in which an acceptance of diversity does offer lethality by leveraging America's full talent pool. They're similar but very different concepts. The problem is radical critical theorists injecting their politics and divisiveness into diversity and turning into a divisive handicap instead of an advantage.

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The Pentagon is undergoing a serious "brain drain" at what may be the worst possible time. Only recently, the Defense Intelligence Agency warned that China is close to outpacing us in both space warfare and espionage with their rapid advances in technology. (Most of which they stole from other countries but then improved upon rapidly.)

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A senior official responsible for driving technological innovation at the U.S. Department of Defense has resigned, saying the Pentagon needs "structural change" and should behave more like SpaceX, Elon Musk's satellite company that has shaken up rocket launches.
"We're falling behind the commercial base in key areas, so we've got to catch up," Preston Dunlap, the first person in the U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill the role of chief architect officer, told Bloomberg News in an interview. As a result the U.S. risked losing its technological edge against potential adversaries, he said.
Dunlap, who handed in his resignation on Monday after three years in the post at the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, was responsible for pushing more technology into a $70 billion budget for research, development and acquisition.

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You can read more of Dunlap's history and professional accomplishments here. He said he is working on starting his own company with a focus on satellites, data and artificial intelligence.

Sadly, Dunlap isn't the only one of the Pentagon technology wizards to bail out recently. David Spirk, the Defense Department's outgoing chief data officer, resigned earlier this month. He too warned that the Pentagon isn't focusing enough on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum science, and could soon fall behind China in these areas.

At the end of last year, the U.S. Air Force's first chief software officer similarly turned in his resignation, saying that we are "losing the AI race to China."

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Getting back to Dunlap for a moment, the key point he was attempting to drive home seems obvious. The group that the Pentagon is getting beaten to the punch by isn't specifically the CCP or any other government. They are being left behind by the private sector. Between SpaceX and Google, along with many other technology outfits, huge advances in all of these areas are being made and the Department of Defense doesn't really have a horse in that race currently.

So how do we get back in the game? Perhaps it's time to take Dunlap's advice to heart and consult with some actual experts who are out there on the cutting edge. It might require loosening up all of the secrecy that infests the Pentagon but assembling a team of young innovators from some of these
cutting-edge companies to come and overhaul the system might be the way to retain or regain our edge.

Otherwise, we're going to wake up some morning with all of our communications systems crashing and our satellites floating dead in orbit and realize that we've already lost the new space race. And then we could be in for a world of hurt.

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Via Hot Air

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Of course it is, they only want to hire transsexuals and minorities. Without normal white people the entire system is going to fall apart.

This country is circling the drain at all levels because of these policies. I'll be amazed if we make another 20 years.

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We shouldn't care if someone is white, brown, black, polka dotted, straight, or queer. All we should care about is are they smart, well qualified, and the best person for the job.

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Forcing people together will never work. White, brown, polka dotted, or queer. People bond under value systems, not quotas.

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The Pentagon is undergoing a serious "brain drain" at what may be the worst possible time. Only recently, the Defense Intelligence Agency warned that China is close to outpacing us in both space warfare and espionage with their rapid advances in technology. (Most of which they stole from other countries but then improved upon rapidly.)

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A senior official responsible for driving technological innovation at the U.S. Department of Defense has resigned, saying the Pentagon needs "structural change" and should behave more like SpaceX, Elon Musk's satellite company that has shaken up rocket launches.
"We're falling behind the commercial base in key areas, so we've got to catch up," Preston Dunlap, the first person in the U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill the role of chief architect officer, told Bloomberg News in an interview. As a result the U.S. risked losing its technological edge against potential adversaries, he said.
Dunlap, who handed in his resignation on Monday after three years in the post at the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, was responsible for pushing more technology into a $70 billion budget for research, development and acquisition.

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You can read more of Dunlap's history and professional accomplishments here. He said he is working on starting his own company with a focus on satellites, data and artificial intelligence.

Sadly, Dunlap isn't the only one of the Pentagon technology wizards to bail out recently. David Spirk, the Defense Department's outgoing chief data officer, resigned earlier this month. He too warned that the Pentagon isn't focusing enough on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum science, and could soon fall behind China in these areas.

At the end of last year, the U.S. Air Force's first chief software officer similarly turned in his resignation, saying that we are "losing the AI race to China."

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Getting back to Dunlap for a moment, the key point he was attempting to drive home seems obvious. The group that the Pentagon is getting beaten to the punch by isn't specifically the CCP or any other government. They are being left behind by the private sector. Between SpaceX and Google, along with many other technology outfits, huge advances in all of these areas are being made and the Department of Defense doesn't really have a horse in that race currently.

So how do we get back in the game? Perhaps it's time to take Dunlap's advice to heart and consult with some actual experts who are out there on the cutting edge. It might require loosening up all of the secrecy that infests the Pentagon but assembling a team of young innovators from some of these
cutting-edge companies to come and overhaul the system might be the way to retain or regain our edge.

Otherwise, we're going to wake up some morning with all of our communications systems crashing and our satellites floating dead in orbit and realize that we've already lost the new space race. And then we could be in for a world of hurt.

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Via Hot Air

Thoughts?

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Of course it is, they only want to hire transsexuals and minorities. Without normal white people the entire system is going to fall apart.

This country is circling the drain at all levels because of these policies. I'll be amazed if we make another 20 years.

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Straight white people are the majority of the population in this country. When you automatically eliminate them from consideration, what do you think happens?
I know math and logic are hard but really try to think it through.

Not a shock that the private sector is outpacing the Pentagon in these areas. I've found that there's very little that the gov't can do better than the private sector except waste money in untold quantities.

When you combine that with the Biden admin's bent towards turning the military into a social justice experiment, its no shock that talented people who want to advance both themselves and science head for the hills.

I think a major issue is that young talent will take a lower paying job before they go to work for DOD. It isn't just liberal college students being liberal college students, it is talented young people across the political spectrum having a total lack of respect for our government bureaucracy. They view all govt institutions (R & D) as unethical. And FYIit will get worse because pretty much all of the Zoomers have this view. They aren't going to work for the govt unless they want to siphon off the system

Put me in the side of: not worried about this.

Senior leadership turnover happens constantly, especially at the pentagon, and DIA specifically.

Frankly, the DIA is not, really, cutting edge and hasn't been for a long time. What have they produced/advocated for that has...worked real well for either strategy or weapons systems in the past 30 years? No DDG searching, just ask yourself that.

Private industry will always outpace innovation in the government/military. Hopefully, some of those ideas are adopted, but sometimes the intersection/confluence (see: Rand corp.) is a bit scary. Whenever you have a guy though, like Dunlap, who made something in the low $200K's I think, in charge of a $70 billion budget...well, you're gonna see some interesting politics/lobbying/turnover, especially when they are on their way out the door, frustrated and...perhaps motivated to strike up a 'change' discussion they could benefit from.

Anyway, I take his missive with a grain of salt. He coulda spoken up about boondoggles like the LCS, ABMS or various wasteful projects way before he resigned.

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Of course it is, they only want to hire transsexuals and minorities. Without normal white people the entire system is going to fall apart.

This country is circling the drain at all levels because of these policies. I'll be amazed if we make another 20 years.

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We shouldn't care if someone is white, brown, black, polka dotted, straight, or queer. All we should care about is are they smart, well qualified, and the best person for the job.

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That's some gulag level **** right there...

One problem with the government/private partnerships is that some of these private companies have openly stated that they aren't sharing innovations with DoD. Meanwhile China has infiltrated those same companies and is stealing the tech. Wokeness isn't just irritating it's a national security issue. Until our brilliant young scientists and engineers realize that China and other rogue nuclear countries are a much greater threat to earth than climate change the brain drain is likely to continue.

There was a story posted on this board a couple of years ago about a government organization whose purpose was to future think and determine where resources should be allocated to. I seem to recall that Obama had shut it down, which put us about 10 years behind the curve. Anyone recall the name of that organization?

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A senior official responsible for driving technological innovation at the U.S. Department of Defense has resigned, saying the Pentagon needs "structural change" and should behave more like SpaceX, Elon Musk's satellite company that has shaken up rocket launches.
"We're falling behind the commercial base in key areas, so we've got to catch up," Preston Dunlap, the first person in the U.S. Department of Defense to fulfill the role of chief architect officer, told Bloomberg News in an interview. As a result the U.S. risked losing its technological edge against potential adversaries, he said.
Dunlap, who handed in his resignation on Monday after three years in the post at the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, was responsible for pushing more technology into a $70 billion budget for research, development and acquisition.

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You can read more of Dunlap's history and professional accomplishments here. He said he is working on starting his own company with a focus on satellites, data and artificial intelligence.

Sadly, Dunlap isn't the only one of the Pentagon technology wizards to bail out recently. David Spirk, the Defense Department's outgoing chief data officer, resigned earlier this month. He too warned that the Pentagon isn't focusing enough on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum science, and could soon fall behind China in these areas.

At the end of last year, the U.S. Air Force's first chief software officer similarly turned in his resignation, saying that we are "losing the AI race to China."

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Getting back to Dunlap for a moment, the key point he was attempting to drive home seems obvious. The group that the Pentagon is getting beaten to the punch by isn't specifically the CCP or any other government. They are being left behind by the private sector. Between SpaceX and Google, along with many other technology outfits, huge advances in all of these areas are being made and the Department of Defense doesn't really have a horse in that race currently.

So how do we get back in the game? Perhaps it's time to take Dunlap's advice to heart and consult with some actual experts who are out there on the cutting edge. It might require loosening up all of the secrecy that infests the Pentagon but assembling a team of young innovators from some of these
cutting-edge companies to come and overhaul the system might be the way to retain or regain our edge.

Otherwise, we're going to wake up some morning with all of our communications systems crashing and our satellites floating dead in orbit and realize that we've already lost the new space race. And then we could be in for a world of hurt.

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Via Hot Air

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Of course it is, they only want to hire transsexuals and minorities. Without normal white people the entire system is going to fall apart.

This country is circling the drain at all levels because of these policies. I'll be amazed if we make another 20 years.

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So whites are the only reason the country can operate?

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Whites make up 76% of this country. When you commit to only hiring minorities and LGBT transgender freaks, you're missing out on 76% percent of the population, which includes some very smart people.

You knew this though. Hopefully..

quit training Chinese students in our universities.

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quit training Chinese students in our universities.

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Found Don Huffines' account

I used to own a company with around 25 employees. Most of my employees were women. Through the years I hired Blacks, Hispanics, American Indian, gays ... people of all sorts. The only thing that mattered to me was performance. I couldn't care less about race, gender, sexual preference. Just do the job.