Kilby is pictured above testifying before a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill, June 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
An SM-3, or Standard Missile 3, are missiles that the Navy uses as a defense to intercept and destroy short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
A SM-3 short-range guided missile is fired from the U.S. Navy's USS Lake Erie off the coast of Hawaii in this handout picture taken Sept. 18, 2013. (REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters )
"We need more munitions, air defense interceptors, long-range fires, artillery," Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said during the hearing. "Recent conflict tells us we need a lot more of them."
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McConnell asked how the Navy and Marine Corps were addressing the challenge of these munitions not being produced fast enough.
John Phelan, secretary of the Navy, said this was a main concern that officials were focusing on to "get fixed."
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"We are looking at a number of different avenues, including other parties and different ways of making some of these munitions," Phelan said. "This is a huge priority from both the secretary of defense and the president, and we are putting as much effort and time into this as we are in shipbuilding."
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