Nuclear weapons and missile defense
Subject in Government
Nuclear weapons and missile defense has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Danny Jones Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Sharon WeinbergerNational security journalist and author of books on DARPA, nuclear sites, and Silicon Valley's role in warfare
Weinberger argues missile defense systems can be overwhelmed cheaply because defending costs far more than attacking.
“Like the cost of defense is so much more than the cost of offense”
Danny Jones Podcast: #441 - DARPA Insider: Steve Jobs CIA Deal, Stargate Argentina & Facebook Weapon | Sharon Weinberger (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 1:18:48
Weinberger believes an all-out US–Russia nuclear exchange is less likely now than during the Cold War, with regional nuclear powers the bigger concern.
“the threat of an all out nuclear exchange between the United States and Russia is less now than during the Cold War”
Danny Jones Podcast: #441 - DARPA Insider: Steve Jobs CIA Deal, Stargate Argentina & Facebook Weapon | Sharon Weinberger (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 1:10:11
Weinberger contrasts nuclear weapons, a well-understood threat to civilization, with AI, for which she has not yet seen a convincing extinction scenario.
“I'm not sure I see yet the scenario for AI killing us all”
Danny Jones Podcast: #441 - DARPA Insider: Steve Jobs CIA Deal, Stargate Argentina & Facebook Weapon | Sharon Weinberger (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 1:06:22
Podcasts
- Danny Jones Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#441 - DARPA Insider: Steve Jobs CIA Deal, Stargate Argentina & Facebook Weapon | Sharon WeinbergerDanny Jones Podcast · Oct 19, 2026 · 2 h 47 min
Danny Jones talks with journalist Sharon Weinberger about DARPA's strange projects, microwave weapons, nuclear risk, and Silicon Valley's growing role in the defense industry.