Episode 194 • • 1:39:11 - 1:45:22
194: Blood Trains
X-37B Space Plane and Prompt Global Strike Weapon
The U.S. military launched the secretive X-37B unmanned space plane and a Minotaur IV rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Popular Mechanics reports on the "Prompt Global Strike" initiative, a DARPA project designed to hit any target on Earth within an hour using conventional warheads. The hosts characterize the media coverage as a distraction from the reality of escalating space-based weaponry.