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The US Legend-class national security Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton is seen in the port of Odessa on the Black Sea after conducting joint exercises according to NATO standards with the Ukrainian Navy ship Starobelsk on May 11, 2021 in Odessa, Ukraine (Photo
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The US Legend-class national security Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton is seen in the port of Odessa on the Black Sea after conducting joint exercises according to NATO standards with the Ukrainian Navy ship Starobelsk on May 11, 2021 in Odessa, Ukraine (Photo
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Seth Cropsey
President, Yorktown Institute
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Harry Halem
Research Assistant
Seth Cropsey & Harry Halem
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A researcher displays a silicon wafer, an essential material used in the production of semiconductors and other technologies critical to US national security. (Getty Images)
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A researcher displays a silicon wafer, an essential material used in the production of semiconductors and other technologies critical to US national security. (Getty Images)
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Ellen Lord
Ellen Lord
Ellen Lord
Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Jeffrey Nadaner
Executive Director, Commanding Heights of Global Transportation Initiative
Ellen Lord & Jeffrey Nadaner
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In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean. Theodore Roosevelt is conducting routine operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean. Theodore Roosevelt is conducting routine operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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bryan_clark
bryan_clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
timothy_walton
timothy_walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cheyenne Geletka
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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cheyenne Geletka
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Seth Cropsey
President, Yorktown Institute
Seth Cropsey
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USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan, and USS Theodore Roosevelt conducting operations with South Korea's destroyers during a joint naval drill on November 12, 2017 in East Sea, South Korea (Photo by South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)
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USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan, and USS Theodore Roosevelt conducting operations with South Korea's destroyers during a joint naval drill on November 12, 2017 in East Sea, South Korea (Photo by South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)
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Seth Cropsey
President, Yorktown Institute
Seth Cropsey
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