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.▪️Times     •      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  Follow along on Instagram or YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcastFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack