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download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewCongress has requested that the US Navy conduct a study looking into other ships it can arm with missiles given the pressing need to maintain US naval power amid ongoing shipbuilding delays. AdvertisementThe committee report added that it doesn't believe the Navy is adequately preparing to meet requirements for those capabilities in the near-term. Related storiesThe request comes in response to delays on the first new Constellation-class guided missile frigate, which won't be delivered until at least 2029, three years behind schedule, per a Navy report earlier this year. Newport News Shipbuilding workers and Navy sailors walk past the USS George Washington as it rests pier side.
Persons: , George Washington, Jonathon Gruenke, Frank Kendall, Carlos Del Toro Organizations: Service, US Navy, Business, US Senate Armed Services Committee, Pacific Command, Navy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginian, Tribune, Getty, Columbia, Department of Defense, Air Force, Commonwealth of Locations: China, People's Republic of China, Columbia, Okinawa, Guam, Commonwealth, Northern Mariana
Reaction to Drone Strike on US Troops in Jordan
  + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. service members were killed and as many as 34 wounded, United States officials said on Sunday, after a drone attack in Jordan that they linked to Iranian-backed militants. REPUBLICAN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP"The drone attack on a U.S. Military Installation in Jordan, killing 3 American service members, and wounding many more, marks a horrible day for America ... This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden's weakness and surrender." MITCH MCCONNELL, US SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER"Last night, the cost of failure to deter America's adversaries was again measured in American lives. CHUCK SCHUMER, US SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER"We mourn the deaths of the three service members killed by a drone attack in Jordan from an Iran-backed militant group.
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