Episode 290: Fifth Generation Warfare: Where Hypersonic Missiles Meet the Healthcare State

What if modern warfare has evolved beyond anything history's great strategists could have imagined? While Metternich orchestrated the balance of power through diplomatic summits and Machiavelli counseled princes on maintaining state authority, today's battles for sovereignty unfold in unlikely places: doctors' offices, veterinary clinics, and local zoning boards across America. In this deep dive episode of The Bill Walton Show, Brandon Weichert and Brian O'Shea reveal how traditional military threats and internal subversion have merged into an entirely new form of conflict. Beginning with Russia's game-changing Oreshnik missile, they trace how modern warfare has evolved into something that would leave even a Kissinger struggling to define a workable world order. Brandon J. Weichert is a national security analyst at The National Interest and the author of four bestselling books, most recently "A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine." Brian O'Shea is an Investiga...