Ep 264: Mark Montgomery on Seizing Venezuela’s Shadow Fleet
Jan 08, 2026•40 min
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Episode description
Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at FDD and retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, joins the show to discuss Venezuela’s shadow fleet, the cyber component of the Maduro raid, and the future of the U.S. Navy.
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03:04 Shadow Fleets
06:06 Ship Hunting
10:07 Coast Guard
12:35 Leverage and Sanctions
18:37 Planning the Maduro Raid
24:57 How We Use Cyber
28:45 Types of Risk
31:50 State of the Navy
36:56 Return of the Battleship?
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