Heritage Foundation Talking Seapower

Thinking About a Day Without Sea Power: Implications for U.S. Defense Policy Published on May 16, 2024 by Mackenzie Eaglen and Bryan McGrath.

• Modern American sea power is the most flexible, adaptable, useful, and powerful naval force the world has ever known.
• Congress and the Navy need to rebuild their relationship to help the nation build and afford the fleet it needs.
• The oceans are critical to international trade, with $40 billion in oil passing through strategic chokepoints daily and $3.2 trillion in yearly commerce passing through undersea cables.
• More than 95 percent of U.S. international trade is transported by water, with $5.5 billion in goods moving in and out of American ports on a daily basis. The U.S. Navy is essential to guaranteeing the security of this shipping.
• A significant reduction in U.S. naval capacity would harm the American economy financially and reduce employment.
• Failure to invest in the fleet and maintain steady growth in the number of ships in the Navy’s inventory will only embolden U.S. adversaries.

I'll let Bryan post before I dive into this, that way he won't feel like he is getting into one of those back and forth debates I know he doesn't care for.

Talk Like a Pirate...

My daughter celebrates Talk Like a Pirate Day with an assist from the Heritage Foundation...

Mark Your Calendars--Seapower Panel At Heritage 06 April 2024

I wanted to let readers know of an upcoming panel discussion at The Heritage Foundation in Washington on 06 April 2024 from 1100-1200. Follow this link to sign up to attend in person, or to follow via the live webcast.

The title of the panel is "Sea Power in the 21st Century", and joining me on the panel will be Ron O'Rourke of the Congressional Research Service and Peter Swartz from the Center for Naval Analyses.

It should be a good discussion.

First item of business: Seapower should be one word.


Bryan McGrath