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DoD Nominee: U.S. Talent Not Focused On Future Weapons

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DoD Nominee: U.S. Talent Not Focused On Future Weapons

China has shot ahead of the United States in developing futuristic military technologies like hypersonics and artificial intelligence because the Pentagon’s risk-averse culture repels the innovative talent needed to tackle those problems, according to a prospective Defense Department scientist.The United States is falling behind its most potent strategic competitor not because it lacks the scientific and engineering innovation needed to catch up, but because that talent pool either is not or does not want to work for the Defense Department,…

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