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Mike Rounds: “We've done 13,000 missions. We've now had two aircraft that…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Special Interview: US Senator Mike Rounds on new defense institute, Iran & more

Published | Video Starts at 08:57

One item that I think all of our airmen know is that a manpad, a shoulder launched missile, is always going to be a threat. And you know, we've been in, We've done 13,000 missions. We've now had two aircraft that have actually been hit by [shoulder-launched missiles]. these. So we still have, you know, air superiority, air dominance, but you can't let your guard down. And there is still a risk there. We'll continue to go after them. (08:57–09:03)

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Asserts that 13,000 missions have been conducted with two aircraft hit by shoulder-launched missiles.

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