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Sep 8, 2026
speaker_0HOST
Right.
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The classic Blue Water Navy.
speaker_1HOST
Exactly.
speaker_1HOST
But the galaxy leader hijacking proved that you you no longer need a blue water navy to hold the global economy hostage.
speaker_0HOST
Which is really the perfect jumping off point for what we're exploring today.
speaker_0HOST
We're looking at how cheap off the shelf technology is fundamentally rewriting the rules of global naval supremacy.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
And here's a reason.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
all of the blue water soviet navy was built in the mykolaiv shipyard in in ukraine and i'm not just talking about people who actually could weld i'm talking about naval architects i'm talking about the 800 pound brains that know how to design blue water guided missile cruisers okay What's it also take to make a Blue Water Navy? It takes hundreds of billions of dollars, right? It takes skilled shipyards.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
It takes an economic system that can produce that surplus at a government level, get those funds more or less intact into some place like Newport News Shipbuilding.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
where all of that money is going to go into building an aircraft carrier.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
There's always a battle with Congress, as there should be, about funding for the Navy.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
Look, the guys with the neckties make the rules.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
And the United States Navy has a history of being a blue water Navy.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
Since the decline of the Royal Navy, it's the U S Navy.
Richard AboulafiaPANELIST
And I don't know how sustainable, tenable it will be.
Richard AboulafiaPANELIST
And obviously, with the Super Hornet flying dying next year and the Navy still no fan of the F-35C model, at least the Blue Water Navy.
Richard AboulafiaPANELIST
They're kind of burning the bridges here.
Richard AboulafiaPANELIST
So it's going to be very interesting to watch, to say the least.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
So a long way of setting up the answer.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
What's the future like for the Russian Navy? Well, where are they going to get a $500 billion? That's just my guess ballpark naval officer to get a Blue Water Navy.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
It isn't going to happen.
Chuck PfarrerGUEST
And Jason, here's a key.
Jon OssoffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
military been rendered, quote, combat ineffective for years to come?
Pete HegsethSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They had 160 naval vessels in the Blue Water Navy, and they're gone.
Pete HegsethSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Their air force is completely combat ineffective, and they don't have a defense
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
industrial base.
Jon OssoffSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
military been rendered, quote, combat ineffective for years to come? That was a statement that you made four months ago.
Pete HegsethSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They had 160 naval vessels in the Blue Water Navy, and they're gone.
Pete HegsethSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Their air force is completely combat ineffective, and they don't have a defense
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
industrial base.