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Retired Vice Adm. Peter Daly: Carrier gap explained

The crisis points in the Middle East and the South China Sea are coming at an inconvenient time for the Navy. It's experiencing a carrier gap. Retired Vice Adm....

Francis Rose

October 9, 2015 10:41 am

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Retired Vice Adm. Peter Daly, CEO, U.S. Naval Institute

The crisis points in the Middle East and the South China Sea are coming at an inconvenient time for the Navy. It's experiencing a carrier gap. Retired Vice Adm. Peter Daly is CEO of the U.S. Naval Institute; former deputy commander and Chief of Staff of U.S. Fleet Forces Command and former commander of the Nimitz strike group. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to explain what the carrier gap is, why it's a problem and what the Navy and Congress can do to close it.