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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/revis…
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Mackenzie Eaglen
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Mackenzie Eaglen
@MEaglen
Senior fellow for natsec @AEI Co-Chair Future of @USNavy Commission Frmr @US_AWC Board of Visitors & @USArmy Science Board @MasonNatSec & @hamiltonsoc
Washington, DC Katılım Şubat 2010
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I call it “The paradox of scarcity in a defense budget of largesse.”
ABC News@ABC
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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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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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/iran-destroyed…
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Always pay attention to @AaronBMacLean & @JonahDispatch 💡
Aaron MacLean@AaronBMacLean
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/milita…
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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…
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10 Secretaries of the U.S. Navy in 10 years
National Commission on the Future of the Navy@FutureNavyComm
wsj.com/opinion/we-can… 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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Paparo; Heinrichs; Eaglan; Salamander — fully aligned, just discussing how many more is adequate.
The gauntlet.
Rebeccah Heinrichs@RLHeinrichs
YES. A second production line is needed to get up to 300+. Needed.
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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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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-de…
Adil Haque@AdHaque110
"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/ira…
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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/ira…
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A pleasure to hear and learn from @SenatorWicker @RobWittman @RepJoeCourtney & @RepTrentKelly—followed by a great panel of experts covering the waterfront from acquisition to private capital partners to the shipyards and skilled trade workers of America. Onward!
Connor O'Brien@connorobrienNH
NEW: The Future of the Navy Commission holds its first hearing this morning. It’s been a long road to this point — Congress created the panel at the end of 2022. More in @morningdefense about what to expect from the commission studying the fleet’s problems:
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“The U.S. military expended 1/4 of its entire THAAD interceptor inventory in last summer’s 12-day war.”
Me & @ToddHarrisonDC
September 25, 2025
nationalinterest.org/feature/the-us…
Emerald Robinson ✝️@EmeraldRobinson
There was only one Natsec analyst in the world who told us our THAAD stockpiles were insufficient to sustain a war against Iran for more than 10 days. That was @WeTheBrandon. And he said that BEFORE the war started.
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