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Navy/USMC

Wicker Approves of Esper’s Navy Plan, With Reservation On Unmanned Component

Monday, October 26th, 2020

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Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senate photo

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) approved of the overall future Navy plan Secretary of Defense Mark Esper outlined earlier this month, with some reservations on unmanned ship speed. “As a longtime advocate for a bigger Navy, I was delighted with the goals he outlined,” the member of the Senate Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee and chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee said in a statement. Earlier in October, Esper said the new Navy future fleet plan calls for reaching…

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