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Angus King: “A country that three or four times as large has now been…”

Featuring: Angus King, Independent | U.S. Senate Maine

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Angus King Ask Air Force Secretary About Expanding Air Force's Right To Repair Its Own Aircraft

Published | Video Starts at 04:09

And so I think that's an important way to attack that problem. Mr. Secretary, the other thing that's concerning me is the speed of adaptation. We have had a tremendous lesson in Ukraine about adaptation, where A country that three or four times as large has now been stopped cold on the battlefield by Ukraine's incredible adaptation. and utilization of drone warfare. I fear that we're still stuck in a kind of longer term, sclerotic process of procurement. (04:09–04:20)

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Asserts that Ukraine has halted a much larger adversary through adaptation.

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