Ep 264: Mark Montgomery on Seizing Venezuela’s Shadow Fleet

School of War · Jan 8, 2026 · 39m

Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at FDD and retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, joins the show to discuss Venezuela’s shadow fleet, the cyber component of the Maduro raid, and the future of the U.S. Navy.

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Times

03:04 Shadow Fleets

06:06 Ship Hunting

10:07 Coast Guard

12:35 Leverage and Sanctions

18:37 Planning the Maduro Raid

24:57 How We Use Cyber

28:45 Types of Risk

31:50 State of the Navy

36:56 Return of the Battleship?

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