and joe pappalardo with popular mechanics, the cover story the future boy. thank you for joining us on c-span's "washington journal" as part of our spotlighted magazine series. appreciate it. >> guest: thank you, greta.

host: we are talking about new tech and tactics for the future of four with joe pappalardo of "popularechanics." steve, you are up next. caller: thank you. my question for joe -- i am a former marine and i am all for the new technology. what are your concerns about the chinese and russian and it ran intoan as far as hacking our missile systems, and iran, they stole a stealth bomber from us. i know that the u.s. has disrupted our nuclear program -- disrupted their nuclear program with worms and viruses, but what tactics are the marines using as to say, hey, we conceal this from you anytime we want -- we can steal this from you anytime we want? guest: that is a great question. it is an emerging field. i don't think it was a bomber, it was a surveillance drone that crashed or was brought down in iran, and they were able to parade it out. expect more. isht now, cyber warfare being funded and researched, and no one really knows. it is almost like any other weapon system that before it actually meets the battlefield, you think it is the game changer, and it is not. world war ii, you thought

. >> host: we are talking to joe pappalardo a popular mechanics senior editor.jerry you are up next on washington, independent color. >> caller: i wanted to ask in the mojave practices with the uavs unmanned air vehicles because personally i believe that is the future whether the star wars etc. but taking the human factor if -- factor from from the cockpit and putting them in the hangar somewhere way from the tragedies of war is what's going to be the future of war. >> guest: it was interesting to me to see how little uav technology was used in this exercise and in comparison in afghanistan for example where you know in the command centers fighting for uav attention. i wasn't in a great position to see it because i was really with the tanks and the troops in everything but you are right. it's a great tool. it's important and it is the future i believe. in this training scenario they really wanted to put the people in a position where they had to make decisions. and they weren't going to make it any easier for the people, the marines on the grounds training to ge

and joe pappalardo with popular mechanics, the cover story the future boy. thank you for joining us on c-span's "washington journal" as part of our spotlighted magazine series. appreciate it. >> guest: thank you, greta. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] up next the presidents of carnival cruise lines and royal caribbean international -- [inaudible conversations] >> my cochair representative danny davis is in a markup and will be with us when he is able to be free. we think trayvon benjamin martin's father, tracy martin, former congressman kweisi mfume who was chair of the congressional caucus as well and we welcome them back to the congress. dr. michael eric dyson and executive director david j. jones at the white house initiative on educational excellence for african-americans , for the public service they are

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