Like a city, the ship has a fire and emergency response capability and its own security organization, including security forces, legal services, brig and a process by which the captain enforces good order and discipline.

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By funding a modernized Patriot, our military will own a system that is interoperable with many other missile defense systems in our own arsenal and in the arsenals of our allies, allowing the United States to maximize its threat response capability.

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That threat remains a real one, but this new capability has not been developed and is not being announced now in response to any new or specific intelligence.

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While the NRC deliberates, the nuclear industry has stepped into the breach with the "Diverse and Flexible Coping Capability" program, or FLEX, designed as the foundation of its Fukushima response.

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