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SECNAV Says MidEast Ops Have Used Almost $1 Billion In Munitions, Supplemental Needed To Replace Them

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024

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SECNAV Says MidEast Ops Have Used Almost $1 Billion In Munitions, Supplemental Needed To Replace Them

The USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) fires an SM-3 Block IB missiles during Formidable Shield 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Secretary of the Navy this week told a congressional panel that the service has used nearly $1 billion in critical munitions in Middle East operations in the past year and a pending supplemental spending bill is key to replenish them. “We currently have approaching $1 billion in munitions that we have need to replenish at some point in time so, therefore, the over $2 billion that’s provided for in the supplemental is entirely critical to our Navy and Marine…

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