In The Arena

Episode HighlightsChris Brose on the term “Kill Chain”“The term Kill Chain is a term that everyone in the military who works with and around the United States military is familiar with, but I think many outside of that world have never heard of. Really sort of succinctly, what it means is it is a process of understanding, decision making, and action. At a broader level, what I was trying to do for more of a general audience was unpack this concept that is so familiar and so sort of integral and central to the United States military, and all militaries. Which again is this process of a kind of chain of events that has to happen in order for a military to compete effectively. Whether that’s competing in actual warfare, or in military competitions that don’t involve the use of violence. It is a process that is inherently sequential. A process of understanding what is happening in your environment, in your world, and your area of responsibility making decisions about what to do, how to compete effectively, how to