Donald J. Trump

I think you're gonna get a five inch 54 going off in a minute.

Wish we could get the, if the sound hit it,

your teeth would rattle.

Admiral Masso, that's kind of a last line of defense.

You're basically putting up a sheet of steel to shred whatever missile's coming, any airframe that's coming to hit a surface vessel kind of at the last second, right?

I mean, that's your last hope is to hit that, is you hit your close in, to basically shred the airframe before you're hit?

Yeah, that's part of it.

And we also have a rapid-bloom off-board chaff, which sends out aluminum and things that will maybe change the direction of an incoming missile of some sort.

So we've got a number of different capabilities, but the last line of defense would be the SEWIS.

But there's great comfort and confidence in that capability.

5-inch gun is a fully automatic naval gun mount.

Mark 45 is designed to engage surface and air targets and provide naval surface fire support for expeditionary operations.

The gun mount includes a 20-round automatic loader drum.

Masso, Captain Fennell, you know that if you're standing on the bridge of that ship and that 5-inch 54 is going off, it rattles your teeth.

I mean, the repercussions are so hard.

Sonny, you've fired that many, many, many times, right?

Tell the audience what it's like.

Well, it's pretty substantial.

And again, it's got a pretty long range.

But yes, it's a major explosion.