Sep 18, 2018 • 34M

Erik Prince Wants a Private Air Force

 
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The man behind defunct mercenary provider Blackwater sees private air power as the key to winning the war in Afghanistan. A new report links Erik Prince to efforts to buy or build private gunships - the kind of weapon only the United States and a few other countries have at their disposal.


David Axe, who writes for the Daily Beast, joins us to discuss the results of his investigation.


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