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But he also acknowledged that the Pentagon will never be the driving force in 5G technology, saying: \u201cWe are aware that commercial initiatives in telecommunications far outstrip anything that we can do and would want to do at DoD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are struggling to become the flea on the tail of the telecom\u2019s dog,\u201d he said. \u201cThat said, we have national security needs. And to the extent that we can help seed the competitive environment, or encourage it to grow in directions that are relevant to us, we want to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an example of how that might work, Griffin noted there are \u201cuse cases\u201d for the Pentagon that line up with those explored by the commercial world, such as \u201csmart ports, smart airports, smart depots, smart factories \u2014 all of those things have commercial applications, but they absolutely have national security operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we can make available our infrastructure for experimenting and prototyping in environments, [where] different competitors can work in different areas and be assured their proprietary information is protected, if we can provide venues where local, regional, state permitting is not required for operating because they are operating on a DoD base \u2014 all of those things can really speed progress in 5G development,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cThe development will not be led by DoD. We will be looking to be good customers. If we can help enable that at all, I would want to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Griffin\u2019s deputy, Lisa Porter, has been assigned as the department\u2019s point person on 5G issues. But Griffin is working to add another body to the task, in the form of a new assistant director on the subject. (His office contains a number of assistant directors in subject matters such as hypersonics and artificial intelligence.) During the event, Griffin said he hoped to add that role soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later in the event, an audience member raised the concern that 5G would be vulnerable to microwave weaponry, asking Griffin how to best combat that. 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