What does modern warfare actually look like in the age of AI, cyber attacks, and digital surveillance?

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Patrick Tucker, Science and Technology Editor at Defense One and author of The Naked Future, to unpack how emerging technology is reshaping global conflict.

As tensions with Iran dominate headlines, Tucker explains how modern battles are increasingly fought not just with missiles and aircraft, but with cyber tools, electronic warfare, and advanced intelligence systems. From hacking critical infrastructure to disrupting communications and air defenses, the next generation of warfare is as much about code as it is about conventional weapons.

Cirilli and Tucker explore how the United States and its allies are using technology to gain strategic advantages, why digital battlefields are becoming central to national security, and what this means for the future of global conflict.

The conversation also looks ahead: how artificial intelligence, predictive data systems, and autonomous technologies could redefine how wars are fought — and prevented.

If you want to understand how technology is transforming the battlefield, this episode offers a clear look at the future of conflict.

What does modern warfare actually look like in the age of AI, cyber attacks, and digital surveillance?
In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Patrick Tucker, Science and Technology Editor at Defense One and author of The Naked Future, to unpack how emerging technology is reshaping global conflict.
As tensions with Iran dominate headlines, Tucker explains how modern battles are increasingly fought not just with missiles and aircraft, but with cyber tools, electronic warfare, and advanced intelligence systems. From hacking critical infrastructure to disrupting communications and air defenses, the next generation of warfare is as much about code as it is about conventional weapons.
Cirilli and Tucker explore how the United States and its allies are using technology to gain strategic advantages, why digital battlefields are becoming central to national security, and what this means for the future of global conflict.
The conversation also looks ahead: how artificial intelligence, predictive data systems, and autonomous technologies could redefine how wars are fought &mdash; and prevented.
If you want to understand how technology is transforming the battlefield, this episode offers a clear look at the future of conflict.

HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli is the daily podcast where tomorrow’s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race… or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to “civilization starter kits,” each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It’s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who’s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn’t science fiction. It’s the future, knocking on your door. 

Kevin Cirilli is the founder of meet the future™ (mtf.tv). Cirilli has advised some of the nation’s leading military nonprofit philanthropists and policymakers and he is an emerging playwright. As a journalist, he is the former Chief Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio, where he covered the White House, Congress, and global economic policy while anchoring a daily geopolitical business affairs program.

Before founding mtf.tv, Kevin appeared across nearly every major network — including CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, NPR, and Yahoo Finance — providing nonpartisan political and economic analysis and conducting exclusive interviews with some of the most influential figures of the 21st century. He was also a media fellow at the Atlantic Council in the Global China Hub.

He has reported from across the United States and around the world — including assignments in Israel, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia — covering pivotal moments in global affairs and the people driving change.

HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli&nbsp;is the daily podcast where tomorrow&rsquo;s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race&hellip; or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to &ldquo;civilization starter kits,&rdquo; each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It&rsquo;s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who&rsquo;s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn&rsquo;t science fiction. It&rsquo;s the future, knocking on your door.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cirilli-943b162a/">Kevin Cirilli</a>&nbsp;is the founder of meet the future&trade; (mtf.tv). Cirilli has advised some of the nation&rsquo;s leading military nonprofit philanthropists and policymakers and he is an emerging playwright. As a journalist, he is the former Chief Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio, where he covered the White House, Congress, and global economic policy while anchoring a daily geopolitical business affairs program.
Before founding mtf.tv, Kevin appeared across nearly every major network &mdash; including CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, NPR, and Yahoo Finance &mdash; providing nonpartisan political and economic analysis and conducting exclusive interviews with some of the most influential figures of the 21st century. He was also a media fellow at the Atlantic Council in the Global China Hub.
He has reported from across the United States and around the world &mdash; including assignments in Israel, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia &mdash; covering pivotal moments in global affairs and the people driving change.

HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, Kevin Cirilli sits down with Patrick Tucker, Science and Technology Editor at Defense One and author of The Naked Future, to unpack how emerging technology is reshaping global conflict.

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