The then-secretary also suggested that foreign shipyards might build U.S. warships—an idea that might have led to his unexpected departure, said Hunter Stires, who served as maritime strategist to Phelan’s predecessor.
“Secretary Phelan committed a grave strategic as well as political error yesterday in signaling his openness to outsourcing production of U.S. Navy warships abroad,” Stires said in a statement. “Phelan’s statements directly undercut a bipartisan strategy championed by the Trump Administration to incentivize world class allied shipbuilders to invest in modernizing and expanding shipyards here in the United States. Phelan’s firing within hours of his blunder should be read as a stark and welcome signal that outsourcing U.S. Naval construction abroad is and must remain a non-starter.”
Center for Maritime Strategy
Hunter Stires | Quoted by Thomas Novelly
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The then-secretary also suggested that foreign shipyards might build U.S. warships—an idea that might have led to his unexpected departure, said Hunter Stires, who served as maritime strategist to Phelan’s predecessor.
“Secretary Phelan committed a grave strategic as well as political error yesterday in signaling his openness to outsourcing production of U.S. Navy warships abroad,” Stires said in a statement. “Phelan’s statements directly undercut a bipartisan strategy championed by the Trump Administration to incentivize world class allied shipbuilders to invest in modernizing and expanding shipyards here in the United States. Phelan’s firing within hours of his blunder should be read as a stark and welcome signal that outsourcing U.S. Naval construction abroad is and must remain a non-starter.”
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Hunter Stires, Non-Resident Senior Fellow