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The United States has struggled to maintain its shipbuilding industrial base. Submarine production has been particularly constrained; while the Navy has aimed to procure two Virginia-class attack submarines per year since FY 2011, current production stands at only around 1.1 per year.
SOURCE: "Outlining the Challenges to U.S. Naval Shipbuilding" by CSIS's Seamus P. Daniels, Henry H. Carroll, Cynthia R. Cook, Oliver Buntin, and Sarah O’Rourke.
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$100 billion
Russia's shadow fleet generates up to an estimated $100 billion in revenue per year—matching, if not exceeding, the total value of economic and military assistance provided to Ukraine since the start of the war.
SOURCE: "Ghost Busters: Options for Breaking Russia’s Shadow Fleet" by CSIS's Benjamin Jensen and Jose M. Macias III.
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In 2024, U.S. Northern Command reported that approximately 1,000 drone incursions a month were coming from Mexico into the United States.
SOURCE: "The United States Needs a Southwest Drone Wall" by CSIS's Henry Ziemer.
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$10 trillion
Subsea cables are vital to transmitting data and connecting international markets. Over $10 trillion in daily financial transactions travels globally across these cables.
SOURCE: "Protecting Subsea Cables: Detect to Deter, Sue to Secure" by CSIS's Joel Coito.
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