Eric Chewning and Thomas Moore of HII join the show to discuss America’s military shipbuilding challenges, and their potential solutions.
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• 01:32 Introduction
• 01:55 Origins
• 07:08 An eroded defense industrial base
• 10:20 Shipbuilding in 2025
• 17:11 Deindustrialization
• 21:46 Learning curves
• 27:00 Contract economics
• 32:26 Japan and South Korea
• 37:39 Thinking about the whole problem
• 39:03 Manned and unmanned
• 42:25 Force protection
• 45:06 Soft kills and hard kills
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