All I Want for Christmas is an Urban Warfare Capability Set

December 25, 2020 00:58:32
All I Want for Christmas is an Urban Warfare Capability Set
Urban Warfare Project
All I Want for Christmas is an Urban Warfare Capability Set

Dec 25 2020 | 00:58:32

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Show Notes

As the chair of urban warfare studies at MWI, John Spencer spends a lot of time thinking about the gaps between the tasks that soldiers will be required to perform in urban environments and the capabilities currently available to them. This episode features a discussion about twelve of those capabilities that he particularly would like to see the US military integrate—it's the twelve days of urban warfare Christmas.

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