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Jun 9
Last week @FutureNavyComm visited with sailors at USVRON-1. We saw the Sea Hunter, @Saronic Corsair and @BlackSea_Tech GARC unmanned surface vessels at the U.S. Navy’s “robotic proving ground”
Plan is 12 MUSVs in the fleet by Q427; 40 in 2028; and 72 next 5 years.
Seems likely to grow —>
Jun 9
Massive for @Saronic and, by extension, the broader defense tech and autonomy ecosystem. Like really massive.
Kudos to everyone involved, from the engineers and shipbuilders to the Apache crew and the Navy’s Task Force 59 operators and leadership. Feels like a turning point.
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May 26
The US is facing a maritime crisis. @MEaglen and Benjamin Jensen lay out seven key initiatives to reshape the relationship between economic power and sea power. Read more here:
csis.org/analysis/revisiting…
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May 22
I call it “The paradox of scarcity in a defense budget of largesse.”
The Army has canceled dozens of medical training courses as the service moves to manage a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall that is rippling across the force, according to multiple U.S. officials and internal documents reviewed by ABC News. abcnews.link/5aNbh3b
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May 18
Navy's new shipbuilding plan starts w/necessary honesty.
More Pentagon documents should include Uncle Sam's (partial? majority?) ownership of the problem
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May 15
The U.S. military must get more counter-drone systems quickly and put more critical assets
-underground,
-beneath hardened shelters, or
-in space.
nationalsecurityjournal.org/…
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May 12
Always pay attention to @AaronBMacLean & @JonahDispatch 💡
May 12
Always read @MEaglen…
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While the U.S. military has a plentiful supply of legacy munitions—older, unguided artillery rounds and conventional bombs—it is alarmingly bare on exquisite weapons, writes AEI’s @MEaglen thedispatch.com/article/mili…
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May 4
The United States should urgently revitalize its maritime industrial base and forge a modernized naval strategy.
A great letter in The Wall Street Journal from AEI’s @MEaglen and Filemón Vela Jr. on how we can fix the US Navy. wsj.com/opinion/we-can-fix-t…
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May 1
10 Secretaries of the U.S. Navy in 10 years
wsj.com/opinion/we-can-fix-t…
The @USNavy challenges span decades. Underinvestment has strained readiness, shipbuilding, & munitions. Fixes within reach:
⚓️Fast autonomous systems
⚓️Scalable weapons
⚓️Strong industrial base
⚓️Modern maritime strategy
Bipartisan action is essential.
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Apr 30
Paparo; Heinrichs; Eaglan; Salamander — fully aligned, just discussing how many more is adequate.
The gauntlet.
Apr 30
YES. A second production line is needed to get up to 300 . Needed.
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Apr 30
Noting that Admiral Paparo @INDOPACOM favors buying 200 B-21 bombers, @SenatorRounds asks whether the Pentagon should revisit the requirement of 100 Raiders to match the global threat?
Sec. Hegseth tells the Senate the U.S. military will require a "lot more" B-21s, definitely "over 100."
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Apr 30
Not a secret.
AEI has calculated at least $5 billion in damages to U.S. military bases in the Gulf hit in retaliation to Operation Epic Fury — whether the Pentagon rebuilds fully, partially, or not at all.
aei.org/foreign-and-defense-…
Apr 30
"One of the sources said the real cost estimate is closer to $40-50 billion when accounting for the costs of rebuilding US military installations and replacing destroyed assets."
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This is big news that will go underdiscussed: nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-…
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Apr 25
Hat tip to @NBCNews - I’ve been chasing this news of the Iranian F-5 for the last few weeks. Had a hard time pinning down exactly what date it occurred. nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-…
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Apr 25
Epic Fury will require a $$ supplemental — even if U.S. military force posture changes, or is reduced, in the Middle East after the war
nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-…
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