Dan Webster: “I mean, most of Florida is a wetland and the water is close to the surface.”

Thank you for your answer. I am hoping that there is also coming with that nine necessary vessels some sort of timeline.

To date, we have yet to see such a plan, let alone a cost estimate or a timeline of the first vessel in the fleet.

We just want to get ships built. That is all we want to do. Tell us how to do it. We will get the money for you.

Given these immense resources, it should come as no surprise that adversaries, including Russia and China, are working to assert themselves in the region.