Goat Rodeo #56 ft. Susanne Hake - Satellite Wars, Bears, and the U.S. Invasion of Cuba

This Episode:This week on Goat Rodeo, Garrett Smith and Simon Coon are joined by Susanne Hake, EVP and GM of US Government Programs at Vantor — formerly Maxar Intelligence, and a close partner of Reveal Technology.Susanne brings a career that spans the NSC, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Palantir, where she joined in 2013 long before defense tech was cool. The conversation opens on the state of the defense tech renaissance — and whether the wave of new entrants actually understand the slog ahead of them. From there, the crew gets into how Vantor images other satellites in orbit, what you can actually see at high resolution, and the story of China photographing one of Vantor's satellites after Vantor posted an image of theirs. The episode closes on the Nimitz deployment to the Caribbean, Trump's Western hemisphere doctrine, and Simon's thesis that the GWOT is over — long live the GWOT.00:00 Trailer00:43 Cold Open: Bears, Bison Poop, and Glacier vs. Yellowstone05:01 Welcome + Introducing Susanne Hake from Vantor07:36 The Defense Tech Renaissance — and Who Actually Gets It16:18 How Vantor Stays Connected to the Warfighter26:12 Space is Getting Crowded: True Anomaly, Mega-Constellations, and Non-Earth Imaging30:25 UFOs, Aliens, and Susanne's Very Vague Non-Answer37:53 Where Vantor is Headed: 3D Terrain, Change Detection, and Left of Launch40:19 Is the US About to Attack Cuba? The GWOT is Over. Long Live the GWOT.50:23 Simon's Shirt: French Punk Rock and Soccer HooligansOur Podcast:National security, defense tech, and geopolitics; serious topics, but that doesn't mean we have to be boring about it. The Goat Rodeo Podcast brings you three military veterans turned defense insiders, breaking down the biggest stories shaping the future of warfare. Expect sharp insights, unfiltered debates, and the occasional defense industry hot take, because let's be honest, this space can be a total goat rodeo.Listen on other platforms: https://linktr.ee/GoatRodeoPodcast