Government Operations committee  To go back to Mr. Choi's earlier comment about the rule of three—which isn't so much a rule as it is a practice and a guideline for developing force structure—the minimum you need to have one of anything available to you permanently is three. With two plus one, you're at the bare

Government Operations committee  I won't speak to the Asterix specifically, but I will more broadly address the issue of resupply and how important it is for a navy with any aspiration for going beyond your own coastline. In the simplest terms possible, the joint support ships that are under construction in Van