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When I worked at Avondale Shipyards in the 1990's, we were building commercial product tankers right along side USNS fleet oilers and US Navy LSD's. It's not like we can't do it. Sadly, Avondale was shut down in 2014, along with a lot of other shipyards around that time. We as a nation are perfectly capable of building ships for the navy as well as for commercial interests, we just have to have the will to do it. My fear is that we find ourselves in a peer to peer conflict and get caught flat footed, without the infrastructure in place to ramp up production when we need it most. Our sealift capacity is woefully inadequate, and if we don't fix it, someday we will pay the price. I don't think it's a matter of if, but when the bill comes due for our reluctance to invest in our maritime infrastructure.

The lack of action by our Navy in the Red Sea is embarrassing as ships are being hit, set on fire or sunk. In the meantime Centcom is bragging about taking out a drone launcher ! Hundreds, if not thousands of vessels are being diverted around Africa with the added expense to shippers and higher insurance rates for the cargo… all additional expenses born ultimately by the consumer. Where is the U.S. Navy “all the world wonders” !

The elephant in the room: Not ssoo much our 12 aging frigates....but how about our poor hull management our 26 or so littoral fleet. Dismal armaments. No CIWS No torpedoes, no depth charges, no missiles. Only six 25 mil polar bear guns & some rat tat tat machine guns. For 202,000 kms of coastline! We really need three squadrons of Predator drones, that by law, cannot leave North America. Homeland protection only. We need, protected by law some mobile anti air missile launchers. We need protected by law, a minimum number of littoral vessels that are adequately armed to defend our crew & ships & our territory. Our blue water navy is limping along with 12 aging hulls. Hopefully our River class frigates will arrive in a period of relative peace.

Sal, what do you anticipate would happen if we immediately needed a fleet of merchant marine shipping to support a protracted war but had no supply source for steel. The Chinese could easily deprive us of the materials to build out any significant number of vessels. We also need to support at least a minimum manufacturing capability in order to have a sustained military response to any crisis. The initial 6 to 8 weeks would be one thing but 6 to 8 months would be something entirely different.

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Simply outstanding. BTW, nice bit of important history at the end, how NOUS encouraged formation on USNL. I was the 12th enlisted member to be elected into NOUS membership, and am equally proud to say I was the first enlisted USN sailor to be a national officer of the Naval Order of the United States. Make the United States Merchant Marine Great Again.

Great assessments from Sal!

That's what happens when you start turning weapons programs into section 8 housing for big corporations. You get the lcs boondoggle, the f35 money hole, the manta drone drain, that stupid railgun, etc etc etc. You *don't* get support vessels and infrastructure, because those would be beneficial to someone other than Lockheed.

I knew our Merchant Marine was shrinking as young seamen like myself had a hard time getting sea time back in the late 60s and early 70s. So I stayed ashore to pursue a career in construction. But the problem was clearly set out by John McPhee in his 1990 book "Looking For A Ship." We went from thousands of US flagged ships after WW2 to a couple of hundred in 1988. We've known about this situation for half a century, so let's do something about it while we can.

Different country with different people in the 1940s.

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This was a great and much needed discussion… followed Sal over here. I don’t think the Navy has done good job advocating for sea power. I lot of the lack of progress is self inflicted I.e. Billions spent on LCS’s with little return on investment. Any business 101 student can tell you that for logistical reasons you settle on 1 not 2 different hulls. Problems with the Reagan systems. I’m still not convinced in a conflict the weapons elevators will function with the technology used. There have need a lot of bad choices made with the resultant bad publicity that has hurt the Navy’s image and I won’t even bring up the ‘Fat Leonard’ disaster !

Canada is a Military cheapskate that leeches off the United States and its taxpayers for its security!

I really enjoyed listening to the Admiral speak.

Re: cyber resilience....caution Will Rogers. As an LCS even variant OG know that the firewalls won't provide the protections you expect. Do not fire an offensive weapon from a GTM mean engine control.

Where is any commentary about what LCS can do TODAY? I think the SNA session w/ CDS-7 and other LCS leaders will show they are capable, but certainly not DDGs.

Neither the admiral nor the interviewer mentioned that, when Canada considered acquiring nuclear-powered submarines in the 1980s, the USA effectively vetoed those plans and threatened to block any acquisition of reactor technology by Canada from foreign suppliers like the UK. With AUKUS now in place and the US supporting the introduction of nuclear submarines in the Royal Australian Navy, maybe the Americans will also change their position about the same capability being available to the Royal Canadian Navy,

Fine words, promising, but he fails to note that Canada's navy is in crisis. The reasons are complex, but central is a lack of funding: military GDP is just over 1%. The military is falling apart. Canadians have become pacifists.

Canada has done a lot of good work in the world but not many people know because they do it quickly and quietly.......😮

Dude, get a monitor and mount it at eye level over the camera. Your constant "looking down" to read is irratating.

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Ender's game (2013) show simulation matter. ID4 Independence Day (1996) show cyber can out win.

Praying for you all! So interesting. God bless and thank "all" of you for your service!

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