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Erik Prince

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1546 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

$20,000 to $40,000 shot head 136 drone against a ship.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Not one, but two, okay?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Because they'd have to double tap it.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

To the point, and obviously they were shooting at aircraft carriers and shooting at them effectively enough that they had to do high speed maneuvers.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Why?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Because they lost not one, but two ships, two aircraft,

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Okay, an $80 million F-18 over the side because it was not dogged down.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

It was being towed across and the aircraft literally skidded off the deck.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Not once, but twice.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Yeah.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Because we know it costs a lot.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

thanks to Raytheon and Lockheed and Northrop, yeah, problem children.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

They need to be smashed, broken up.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

You've had a massive over-consolidation.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

You used to have 100-plus major defense contractors.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

The Clinton administration really pushed a consolidation in the late 90s, and we have been suffering ever since from that.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

The Secretary, the SecDef has to take it down to the studs as much as he can with hiring and firing people because people is policy.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

But then there's underlying

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

law that has to be changed.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

Really the last time Congress did a big change on creating a service was, I think it was MFP 11, say 85 or 86 when SOCOM was created.