A representative of the U.S. Navy told a congressional panel Tuesday that America is using up munitions at breakneck speed for Israeli defense.
Admiral James Kilby, acting chief of Naval Operations, was testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee during a hearing on the Navy’s budget.
He was asked by Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii about the Navy’s stockpile of available munitions for other potential threats, Fox News reported.
“The latest round of conflict in the Middle East utilized large amounts of munitions to defend Israel from Iranian strikes,” Schatz said. “Does the Navy currently have all the SM-3s it needs for global threats?”
“We do, sir,” Kilby replied, “but we are, to your point, using them at an alarming rate. As you know, those
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