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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2026 · 54 MIN

The maths of missiles, does the US have enough?

from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

With the US and the Gulf states being forced to use multi-million dollar interceptor missiles to combat Iran’s cheap and plentiful drone army, is the US in a war of attrition it can’t afford — where Iran’s cheapest weapons steadily drain America’s most advanced ones?Man up, and get out. As more young men are drawn into the online ‘manosphere’ with its messages of male superiority and victimhood, a new study by Australia’s Institute of Criminology explains the reasons that some ultimately abandon these violent and hate filled communities.  It was once the largest iceberg in the world - twice the size of London - 40 years ago it broke free from Antarctica and started drifting north. Now scientists say it will complete melt within weeks. Professor Mike Meredith is an oceanographer and Science Leader at the British Antarctic Survey, he's been following it for his entire career and says it's like losing a friend. 

With the US and the Gulf states being forced to use multi-million dollar interceptor missiles to combat Iran’s cheap and plentiful drone army, is the US in a war of attrition it can’t afford — where Iran’s cheapest weapons steadily drain America’s most advanced ones? Man up, and get out. As more young men are drawn into the online ‘manosphere’ with its messages of male superiority and victimhood, a new study by Australia’s Institute of Criminology explains the reasons that some ultimately abandon these violent and hate filled communities.   It was once the largest iceberg in the world - twice the size of London - 40 years ago it broke free from Antarctica and started drifting north. Now scientists say it will complete melt within weeks. Professor Mike Meredith is an oceanographer and Science Leader at the British Antarctic Survey, he's been following it for his entire career and says it's like losing a friend.

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