Brent D. Sadler
@brentdsadler
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Naval Statecraft and the Navy Needed The nation needs a strong maritime industry to convey trade, which today relies >99% on others’ ships. At the same time a strong navy is required to ensure those ships can come to our ports, defend Americans and secure our national interests.…
BYD fleet of seven car carriers are operating on a global service, delivering Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs) to Mexico, Brazil and Europe. On the latter, three ships - Xian, Hefei and Shenzhen are going through the Red Sea, even though most car carriers avoid the route due to…
Chinese car carrier using the Suez, Red Sea, and Bab el-Mandeb with little concern about the Houthis...yet they sail their containerships around Africa.
Big news in US shipbuilding! The USA under @POTUS is a net exporter of energy, especially LNG, and now that energy will be carried on US built hulls!
Big shipbuilding news… Hanwha Shipping orders LNG carrier from Hanwha Philly Shipyard, marking the first LNG carrier ordered in the U.S. in 50 years
Met with Philippine President @BongBongMarcos to discuss how the U.S. and the Philippines are strengthening our ironclad Alliance to advance our shared safety, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.
China Energy Handcuffs - California Ed. Three reasons California’s green energy campaign is dying on the vine: foxnews.com/opinion/3-reas… Then see the deeper dive into this problem with this report and its implications to national security: heritage.org/defense/report…
The USS Washington was the only U. S. Navy Battleship to sink an enemy in pure Battleship vs Battleship duel where Washington's advanced radar and 16-inch guns proved decisively superior.
Live off the Land - Navy Version U.S. Navy looking to secure fuel and logistics support in the first island chain. Long overdue, delayed too long over fraud of the ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal. Having resupply and repair options in the region key to sustaining a long war and winning…
See the Math Behind the U.S. Navy Needed Today’s Navy does not have the fleet required to cover all threats of national importance. Risk is growing too fast, solutions provided and new framework laid out in the book: amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BPYK…
Edwin Feulner, founder and the longest-serving president of The Heritage Foundation, passed away at 83. "Ed was more than a leader—he was a visionary, builder & patriot whose love of country shaped the conservative movement," said @KevinRobertsTX. 🇺🇸 dailysignal.com/2025/07/21/rem…
Mainstreaming CCP South China Sea Misinformation This really shouldn’t be a surprise, but… “Despite their scholarly tone and polite engagement, Chinese think tanks are increasingly viewed with caution by their foreign counterparts.” “China's foreign policy think tanks…
The Senate refused to re-confirm Jeffrey Baran for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2023, but taxpayers ended up on the hook, anyway. How?🤔 Here's the story. 🧵1/6
We mourn the passing of Dr. Edwin J. Feulner—a dear friend of President Reagan, founder of The @Heritage Foundation, and a towering figure in the conservative movement. As President Reagan once remarked: “Ed Feulner, you're a combination of many things: intellectual,…
The Rise (…and fall?) of China’s Shipbuilding Dominance Great article that gives a good overview of China’s shipbuilding advance to world leadership by mid-2010s. This is cautionary tale as well as a reminder of the fundamentals of shipbuilding. See the full article here:…
It’s not only the amount of land, imagine how many resources like concrete and steel are needed for all these wind turbines. How can they be better for climate than nuclear?
The Conservative movement has lost a visionary and champion. I joined Heritage in summer 2020, and was lucky enough to get to know Dr. Feulner. He was a huge supporter of the efforts to revive America’s maritime industry. As I work to continue this nationally important effort,…
#OTD in 1940, Congress passed the Vinson-Walsh "Two-Ocean Navy" Act which increased the size of the U.S. Navy by 70%. It was the largest naval procurement bill in U.S. history, adding 18 carriers, 7 battleships, 33 cruisers, 115 destroyers, 43 subs and 15k aircraft to the fleet.
The People's Republic of China first began to build ships for export in 1975. By 2010, it had become the largest shipbuilder in the world, a title it still holds today. This week on Construction Physics, I look at the history of Chinese shipbuilding. construction-physics.com/p/how-china-be…
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18 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 15 out of 18 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s central and southwestern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded.
18 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 15 out of 18 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s central and southwestern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded.