John Phelan: “You need redundant systems, you need backups, you need…”

“Thank you Senator for the question. Yes, we need to have good counter ISR capabilities. And I'm always someone who believes in combat and also in navies and ships. You need redundant systems, you need backups, you need different forms of systems. And so I think it's a critical thing that we need. Admiral, your same question. I share Secretary Phelan's belief in this. I think multiple systems is good.” (01:27–01:33)

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