#PRC: The pace of the provocations & What is to be done? James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The H
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#PRC: The pace of the provocations & What is to be done? James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:
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| 0:20.0 | This is CBS, I am the world. I'm John Bats. |
| 0:28.0 | With Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, my colleague and co-host and friend, CNN reporting. |
| 0:34.0 | Nearly 40% of U.S. attack submarines in or waiting repair as shipyards face worker shortages, supply chain issues, |
| 0:43.0 | 40% of the U.S. attack submarines. This according to a new report of the Congressional Research Service. |
| 0:50.0 | Gordon and I welcome our colleague, James Holmes. |
| 0:53.0 | The professor holds the Wiley Chair of the Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College. |
| 0:59.0 | He blogs at the Naval diplomat. He's here to help us understand what it means to be an attack submarine, |
| 1:05.0 | to have so many in repair or waiting maintenance, and the scale of the challenge of the Indo-Pacific. |
| 1:12.0 | Jim, a very good day to you. What is an attack submarine in the 21st century? |
| 1:16.0 | What role does it play for the U.S. Navy? |
| 1:19.0 | And what does it mean that 40% are out when it comes to the concerns about the Chinese aggression and the Indo-Pacific? Good evening, too. |
| 1:27.0 | Hey, Gordon, I, John, I'm always a pleasure. |
| 1:30.0 | The, well, it's a submarine. I mean, just think back to the old World War II movies. |
| 1:34.0 | Like, I run silent, run D for the enemy below. Pick a pick a favorite submarine movie. |
| 1:39.0 | That's what an attack submarine is. It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a boat that goes out and hunts other submarines, attack service ships, |
| 1:46.0 | and otherwise, otherwise makes mayhem for an enemy, for an enemy Navy. |
| 1:50.0 | The, we do have some capability for launching land attack strikes as well, but primarily for attacking enemy navies. |
| 1:57.0 | It's a big deal. It's a big deal. That 40% figure is about the, is about double the amount of submarines the, the Navy likes to keep out of service for maintenance. |
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