Retired Navy Commander Bryan McGrath, team lead and primary author of the U.S. Navy's 2007 Maritime Strategy "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower" (CS21) offers provocative answers to a self-posed question: "If we can't afford the Navy we need, what kind of Navy should we have?" In the process he lays out his vision of what he believes is the need, contrasted with the reality he perceives national political will might allow. Q&A period follows. 58 minutes, 30 seconds.
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