Navy using munitions at 'alarming’ speed to defend Israel
The US navy said it uses its ammunition to “anxious” to defend Israel from the last Iranian strikes.
When the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James Kilby, Senate Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii asked the navy about the current ammunition to defend against global threats, during a Senate appropriations committee that took the budget of the navy in Washington.
“The last conflict tour in the Middle East used great amounts of ammunition to defend Israel from Iranian strikes,” Schatz said. He said. “Does the navy currently have all the SM-3s it needs for global threats?”
“We, sir,” Kilby replied, “But we use them at a worrying rate. As you know, missile defense agency missiles.
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A SM-3 or standard missile 3 are missiles that the navy uses as a defense to cut and destroy short and medium-range ballistic missiles.
During the hearing, you. “We need more ammunition, air defense preventives, long -range fires, artillery,” Mitch McConnell said. “The last conflict tells us that we need much more.”
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McConnell asked how the Navy and Marine Posts handled the difficulty of not being able to produce these ammunition quickly.
Navy secretary John Phelan said that this was the main concern that the authorities focused on “fixing”.
“We look at a series of different ways, including different ways to do some of these ammunitions,” Phelan said. He said. “This is a great priority from both the defense secretary and the President, and we put as much effort and time as we are in shipbuilding.”
