1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Guests: Matthew Paxton, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America; Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.; Ret. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation; And Ret. Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Sources and additional reading: Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress (PDF); U.S. Navy budget materials; &quot;Navy adds $1B to unconventional effort to boost sub production,&quot; by Lauren Williams, reporting Sept. 2024; Defense Department's 2024 Defense Industrial Base strategy; And &quot;Restoring Our Maritime Strength: An agenda for the next president’s first hundred days,&quot; by Brent Sadler and Jerry Hendrix, writing in the National Review in late October. Defense One Radio http://defenseoneradio.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/34186125/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/34186125