{"podcast":{"title":"CNA Talks: A National Security Podcast","slug":"cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413","podcast_index_feed_id":788413,"rss_url":"https://cna.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.cna.org/news/Podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/8/b/f/68bf86ec062f71dfd959afa2a1bf1c87/CNA-Talks-Square-20251113-1837q4pxat.jpg","author":"CNA","episode_count":100,"summary":"CNA's experts understand today's complex and dynamic national security environments. On CNA Talks, you'll find analysis of globe-shaping conflicts, foreign policy and shifting alliances, regional breakdowns, pandemics and other health crises, environmental disasters, homeland security concerns, and the future of strategic competition. Follow CNA Talks to go behind the headlines and learn from data-driven, objective, discussions on the factors shaping today's national security landscape.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T06:17:24.115015+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413"},"episode":{"title":"Unmanned Invasion: The PRC's Drone Swarm Research and Taiwan","slug":"unmanned-invasion-the-prc-s-drone-swarm-research-and-taiwan","published_at":"2025-10-08T16:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413/unmanned-invasion-the-prc-s-drone-swarm-research-and-taiwan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413","url":"https://cna.libsyn.com/unmanned-invasion-the-prcs-drone-swarm-research-and-taiwan","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cna/PRC_Drone_Swarms_CNA_Talks_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=463752","summary":"This episode explores how the PRC is developing autonomous drone swarm technology for deployment during a potential military invasion of Taiwan. Guest Biographies Timothy Ditter is a senior research scientist in CNA's China Studies Program . His work covers PLA amphibious warfare, China's military modernization and expansion, China's growing nuclear weapons program, and China's nascent global military presence. Eleanor Harvey is a senior research secialist in CNA's China Studies Program. Further Reading CNA Report: PRC Concepts for UAV Swarms in Future Warfare CNA InDepth: China Readies Drone Swarms for Future War","meta_description":"This episode explores how the PRC is developing autonomous drone swarm technology for deployment during a potential military invasion of Taiwan. Guest Bio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1780,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413/episodes/unmanned-invasion-the-prc-s-drone-swarm-research-and-taiwan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413/unmanned-invasion-the-prc-s-drone-swarm-research-and-taiwan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}