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Mark Kelly: “Open source reporting has estimated that the military has…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Many of these strikes use our best weapons, and we're using a lot of them and a lot of interceptors. Open source reporting has estimated that the military has used an outrageous number of patriots. I'm not even going to say the numbers, but a lot of patriots. A lot of Thaad rounds, Jassm, er, Tomahawks. Very expensive. Exquisite. We can't make these munitions overnight. (01:58–02:04)

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Asserts that open source reporting estimates a high number of Patriot missiles used.

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