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A military official said on Tuesday that the US Navy used its ammunition in a “average average” to defend Israel from the recent Iranian strikes.
Admiral James Kilby, the Acting Marine Commander, made a note in his testimony during the Senate Credit Committee on the Naval Budget in Washington when he asked Senator Brian Shahatz, De Hawaii, about the naval memories available to defend global threats.
“The last round of conflict in the Middle East used large quantities of munitions to defend Israel from Iranian strikes,” said Shatz. “Does the navy currently have all the SM-3s you need for global threats?”
Kilby replied: “We do, sir, but we use it to some extent, at a rate that warns of danger. As you know, those missiles that were purchased by the missile defense agency, then they are delivered to the navy for our use. We use it completely in the defense of Israel.”
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Kilby was filmed above before witnessing the Senate Committee of an armed services hearing in Capitol Hill, June 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cneta)
SM-3, or standard missiles 3, are missiles used by the navy as a defense to intercept and destroy short and medium-range ballistic missiles.

The SM-3 missile is launched in the short-term US Lake Erie, off the Hawaiian coast in this photo of the statement, which was taken on September 18, 2013. (Reuters/US Navy/Bulletin via Reuters)
“We need more ammunition, air defense objections, long -term fires, and artillery,” Senator Mitch McConnell, RK, said during the session. “The last conflict tells us that we need many of them.”
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McConnell asked how the naval and marine weapon dealt with the challenge of not producing these ammunition quickly.
This was a major concern that officials were focusing on “reform.”
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“We look at a number of different ways, including other parties and different ways to make some of these ammunition,” Villan said. “This is a tremendous priority from both the Minister of Defense and the President, and we are doing a lot of effort and time in this matter in building ships.”
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2025-06-24 17:30:00