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Hunt the Archer, Not the Arrow: Why the Military's Biggest Enemy Is a $20K Drone

  • Stephen McBride
  • 6 days ago
  • 1 min read

From my office window in Abu Dhabi, I watched multi-million-dollar Patriot missiles take down $20,000 drones.

 

Nathan Mintz and Jamie Wedderburn are building the cheap machines to fix that math: Nathan in the air and Jamie underwater.

 

I recently caught up with both to see how CX2 and Ulysses plan to hunt drone operators, clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz, and guard the seabed cables carrying 95% of the world’s data.


Click the image to watch my interview with Nathan and Jamie.
Click the image to watch my interview with Nathan and Jamie.

In our interview you’ll hear:

 

  • Why you hunt the archer, not the arrow. (2:19)

  • Why Ukraine still out-builds America. (11:47)

  • The math on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (19:21)

  • Who’s guarding the world’s underwater network? (21: 33)

  • The most overrated thing in defense tech right now. (37:36)

 

 

—Stephen McBride

 

Stephen McBride is a cofounder of the Rational Optimist Society.


 
 
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