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10/ Our shipbuilding crisis starts with workforce shortages—and it’s not just hiring, it’s retention. Biggest challenges? Lack of affordable homes, long commutes, harsh weather, and poaching between nearby yards. Solano Shipyard, and the new city 7 miles north, solve them all.

12/ Modern shipbuilding is nothing like it was 50 years ago. Today, it’s advanced manufacturing on/near the water – cleaner, and far less disruptive to the environment. Ships are often only assembled at the waterfront, with components or modules built across the entire region.

Four months after President Trump vowed to resurrect American shipbuilding, his ambitious plans to reverse decades of maritime-industry decline are sputtering on.wsj.com/4nvo4JX

Yes, and every year hundreds of them end their enlistment contracts and leave the service. Which means WE ALREADY HAVE THE WORKFORCE.

John Ʌ Konrad V Blake Herzinger Melancholic Dream Pete Buttigieg I would counter by saying intel officers should not be assigned non-intel duties, ever.

A high-output factory is a gravity well of economic value. As it grows, local suppliers pop up around it too, from machining, finishing, logistics... all pulled into orbit.

Patrick Schuessler John Ʌ Konrad V Melancholic Dream Pete Buttigieg And they aren’t, by regulation. That’s the point - they’re restricted line officers. If everyone on the ship is dead aside from them and one QM, the QM runs the ship. They don’t qualify on ships unless by special dispensation.

During the GWOT, many Navy intel officers NEVER set foot on ships, never did sea duty, but served our country honorably in land-locked strategic backwaters. From reading Pete Buttigieg’a memoir I think he only deployed to Afghanistan. Such use of the Navy’s intelligence force

Austin E Gray Pete Buttigieg 🎯

Reading about Javier Milei — paragraphs like this should be internalized by every public policymaker in the west

World War II wasn’t just won on the battlefield, it was won on the assembly line. Ford built bombers. Kaiser launched ships in days. Boeing took the war to the skies. Here’s how mass production won the war and reshaped the modern world:

🏭Is manufacturing a nostalgic political delusion? Last month, The Economist argued just that. But this week readers pushed back with sharp letters. Let's look at both sides: 🤔Core to the "delusion" argument: duplicating manufacturing and supply chains in the rich world is

Here we go again

BREAKING: A Chinese Navy vessel operating out its base in Djibouti has fired a laser at a German Air Force plane flying over the Red Sea. Germany plays an important role in the EU military mission ASPIDES meant to stop Houthi attacks. China helps Iran/Russia against the EU

🇺🇸🏭Jake's argument about cost disease applies to shipbuilding and broad manufacturing as well as housing and healthcare. - Ships are built bespoke and on cost+ - Costs pile up and schedules slip - You're paying for labor and labor-intensive services at the shipyard, not the

A classic and embarrassing tale of the R&D office (DARPA) not being connected to the warfighter. This program was dead on arrival. A vehicle the size of a 747 with only about half the payload capability. Designed for "Ground Effect flight", but also to be able to climb up to

Massive requirements creep!