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John Phelan: “The ship as it is right now can defend itself. I mean it's…”

Featuring: John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy | National

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Published | Video Starts at 04:09

So I would love to see that work being done. Now the survivability here rests on lasers, rail guns and interceptors that don't exist yet. Is that correct, Congressman? The ship as it is right now can defend itself. I mean it's got 200 VLS cells. Do we have from railguns, do we have railguns that are actually functional right now? Lasers and other. That's for future, Congressman. Right now the ship as it is has. (04:09–04:14)

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Asserts that the ship currently has 200 Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells for defense.

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