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US Navy No Longer Able to Police Seas

The US Navy shifted from a 600-ship fleet of mostly small vessels that could be everywhere at once to about 250 ships centered on aircraft carrier battle groups, making it capable of knocking over a country but no longer able to throw a wide net of naval security globally, so even the Houthis' Red Sea attacks stress it to the brink and a second simultaneous event would likely exceed its capacity.

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Speaker

Peter Zeihan

Evidence Quote

if you want to throw a wide net and provide naval security everywhere we no longer have the numbers or the types of ships that are necessary

Source

355 - A Falling WorldMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:20:56 AM

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