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Ep 169: Dmitry Filipoff on Naval Warfare in 2025

Dmitry Filipoff, associate research analyst at the Center for Navy Analyses, joins the show to discuss the U.S. Navy surface component and the grave challenges it faces.

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• 01:19 Introduction

• 02:09 Lessons from the Red Sea

• 06:35 Friendly fire

• 10:55 Depletion

• 13:45 2027

• 18:07 How do fleets fight?

• 21:47 Scope and scale

• 24:57 “Catastrophic destruction”

• 29:00 The first few hours

• 34:30 Scripted exercises

• 37:15 Managing the chaos

• 41:34 Failing constructively

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