Shoebridge, Sen David

Senator SHOEBRIDGE: Whether it is Hunter frigates or offshore patrol vessels, this is like some kind of exercise in futility, or some sort of cheap version of a parody. Do you understand how little confidence there is that the Navy can handle something like a nuclear submarine when you cannot even get a patrol boat in the water? Rear Adm. Malcolm : We have delivered six patrol boats through Austal and 18 Guardian patrol boats—