How Can America Defeat Iran? With John Spencer

John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point and host of the Urban Warfare Project podcast, joins the show to break down how the U.S. and Israel are executing a 'neurological' campaign—using precision, targeted strikes on the Iranian Regime and its center of gravity. A strategy that’s as old as Clausewitz but more relevant than ever. How are the U.S. and Israel balancing the psychological impact of their precision strikes in tandem with the more traditional threat of brute force? What might this approach reveal about today’s conflicts, and how might it influence the next global showdown?

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03:25 Targeting as strategy

10:40 Neurological strike

20:16 An evolution in military affairs

26:30 Adaptation

30:48 Center of gravity

39:37 The missile program

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