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Roger Wicker: “The problem with the Arleigh Burke is she is full. We really do not have much room to expand or modernize her much…”

On the recordNovember 26, 2018
The problem with the Arleigh Burke is she is full. We really do not have much room to expand or modernize her much beyond her current platform.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker discusses limitations in modernizing the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

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