Ep 172: Eric Chewning and Tom Moore on the Warship Production Crisis

School of War · Jan 28, 2025 · 47m

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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Times

• 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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