A futurist stares into the future of maritime warfare

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A futurist stares into the future of maritime warfare
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz  

 
Growing up in New York, Eric Wertheim was the definition of a naval geek. He devoured everything he could about warships and aircraft. As a teen in the 1980s, he saw an ad in the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings magazine for an anti-submarine warfare conference in the nation’s capital.

“I convinced my family to take a vacation to Washington,” Wertheim said. “I packed my suit and went to the conference.”

USNI’s graybeards took the young enthusiast under their wing. Decades later, Wertheim is a preeminent voice on naval issues as a defense consultant, a Proceedings columnist and the author of the definitive “Combat Fleets of the World.”

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