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Troy Meink

50:46 - 51:27

"Across the fight, about 60% of that 30,000-plus weapons are coming from there, so that That tells you the level of investment, 60% of the weapons going forward across the fight."

“Across the fight, about 60% of that 30,000-plus weapons are coming from there, so that That tells you the level of investment, 60% of the weapons going forward across the fight.”
Speaker
Troy Meink
Timestamp
50:46 – 51:27
Source
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Defense (Murkowski): Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Air Force.
Community
Alaska News
Captured at
June 9, 2026

From the transcript

Matter of fact, the allies are doing investments in systems that are similar to what we're doing in the US. Been very optimistic. I don't know that any of those things would be considered truly attritable, But if you look at the cost trade with an adversary of CCA with a number of long-range weapons on there compared to the aircraft they might throw against them, it's a really good cost trade for us going forward. And I would just— one final thing back on the family of the FAM weapon systems. Across the fight, about 60% of that 30,000-plus weapons are coming from there, so that That tells you the level of investment, 60% of the weapons going forward across the fight.

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