Season 2 · Episode 692
The 12-Day War: How Algorithms Redefined Middle East Combat
Herman and Corn revisit the 2025 12-day war, exploring how electronic warfare and regional alliances changed the face of modern combat.
My Weird Prompts · Daniel Rosehill
February 18, 202627m 14s
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (dts.podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
In this retrospective episode of My Weird Prompts, Herman and Corn Poppleberry sit down in Jerusalem to analyze the profound military and geopolitical shifts triggered by the twelve-day conflict between Iran and Israel in July 2025. They move beyond the terrifying headlines of the era to dissect the "hyper-kinetic theater" of the war, a conflict defined not by traditional dogfights, but by sophisticated electronic warfare, pre-emptive industrial sabotage, and the first real-world test of a multi-national integrated missile defense shield. By examining the staggering economic costs of high-tech interceptions and the strategic "blinding" of Iranian air defenses, the brothers offer a sobering look at how this stalemate set the stage for the current tensions of 2026; they explore why the lessons of 2025 are now being used to prepare for a potential second round of conflict that could see the end of regional restraint and the rise of decentralized drone swarms.