Robert O. Work
Former United States Deputy Secretary of DefenseWikipedia
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Sep 14, 2026
Vago MuradianHOST
W- what are the weapons that we need, that you need, both on the defensive side, the, uh, Navy, uh, is, uh, moving ahead with MALD, uh, which is their two hundred and fifty-mile air-to-air weapon.
Vago MuradianHOST
Um, the concern is, and, you know, I think you remember Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work would talk about out-sticking an adversary that is now out-sticking us.
Vago MuradianHOST
Um, and for those of us who are watching, we would love to see a lot more [laughs] stick, uh, that's coming out of this, right? H- how-- What's, what's your sense on...
Vago MuradianHOST
You know, you, you are developing the platforms.
Frank KendallGUEST
So I've got a really massive database in my head about conventional warfare and about the weapon systems and how they're employed.
Frank KendallGUEST
During the latter couple of years of the Obama administration, Bob Work started an initiative called the Third Offset Strategy.
Seth JonesHOST
And we are definitely going to get into that.
Frank KendallGUEST
And Bob announced it.
Frank KendallGUEST
So I worked over the Obama years to try to move The adoption of technology forward, much as I could.
Frank KendallGUEST
Bob Work, when he came in as the deputy secretary a couple of years before the Obama administration ended, started something he called the third offset strategy, which was to have a next generation of dominant technologies applied to the military problems.
Frank KendallGUEST
And when we entered the administration, I felt we hadn't really finished that job of defining what that would be and laying out a path to get there.
Frank KendallGUEST
So the first version of the book was a report that I wrote for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency.