Radio War Nerd EP 629 — Iran War: Pre-War Intelligence + Missile Races, feat. Amerikanets

Guest: Eric (Amerikanets)Recorded: August 13, 2026 We talk to the man behind the "debasification" neologism, "Amerikanets", about missiles v missile defense, what the US military-intelligence world knew about how badly the Iran war would go & when they knew it, and about having your neologism ripped off and passed around by a buncha blowhards. (The War Nerd is off this week, just about finished with his odyssey across the southern hemisphere Indo-Pacific.) Subscribe to Eric's substack Amerikanets. Follow him on Twitter. Total time: 1:55:13Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * John's new essay collection, To The Crows, is now for sale! We'll be making the ebook version available to subscribers. Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio