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Kaine: Future of Navy Will ‘Heavily Be in the Uncrewed Space’

Kaine: Future of Navy Will ‘Heavily Be in the Uncrewed Space’
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) speaks at a U.S. Naval Institute event in December 2024.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday that he supports building a significant number of uncrewed U.S. Navy vessels in the years ahead. "There are so many virtues to uncrewed craft--not losing sailors and troops is a real obvious one, and sometimes the expense of these craft are so much less than what we've seen today in [crewed] weapons platforms, and when we're talking about ways to contemplate a shift toward…

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