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Roger Wicker: “The minimum Navy requirement for amphibious ships is 38. Combatant commanders need more than 50 amphibious ships on a…”

On the recordNovember 26, 2018
The minimum Navy requirement for amphibious ships is 38. Combatant commanders need more than 50 amphibious ships on a day-to-day basis.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker highlights the gap in amphibious ship requirements versus availability.

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