Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world.

This Week...As the Arctic continues to warm more and more of the polar region is becoming navigable and open to shipping for longer periods. Russia is actively developing its 15,000-mile Arctic coastline with a major new port, powerful new icebreakers and ice-breaking merchant ships. The United States by comparison has only just over a thousand miles of Arctic coast. Is Russian polar development a threat? Should the US send more military forces to the far north? We’ll take a look.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Servello discusses getting ready for battle vs battling for the budget.

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