Donald J. Trump

And in fact, the shell casings are launched from it.

And they substantially mark up the decks because of the violence of the thrust of that firing.

And again, those are unmounted mounts.

And you can see them right there.

You can see that.

smoke coming out.

And if you look carefully, you can see some of the shell casings.

And the president has got to be absolutely beside himself with pride right now, seeing what his great Navy can bring to bear.

That smell of cordite, there's nothing like it.

Admiral, people are maybe not familiar with the Navy are sitting there going, they remember Victory at Sea with battleships with 16-inch guns.

Why?

Because of the new armor.

Why?

Because of missile technology, drone technology, and the automated nature of the 5-inch 54 that these ships can actually deliver much more lethality, although nothing can replace a naval gunfire from a battleship.

at least psychologically, on an enemy that's embedded.

Why is the surface warfare capability so much more lethal today?

Well, I think it all goes to the sensors that they have that kind of position us for the right ranging and locations of those items that we might be trying to shoot at.

So we've got more sophisticated fire control radars

I think you recall when the Spruance class came into bearing and the Arleigh Burke classes, these ships, because of the sophistication of the fire control radars, almost never miss.

They just don't.