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Karsten Heckl, the deputy commandant for combat development and integration, said at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/defense-news-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense News Conference<\/a> on Wednesday that logistics remains one of the toughest aspects of the service\u2019s new way of fighting, which calls for distributed, small units across a wide area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whereas Marines can often pre-position food, water and spare parts with allies and partners, doing so for missiles and munitions often isn\u2019t an option. And with an enemy looking to cripple the American force by choking off its supply lines, resupplying small units with crewed ships is a risky proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the Corps is testing a prototype called the Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe just copied the drug lords down in [Joint Interagency Task Force] South running drugs. They\u2019re hard for us to find, so now we figured, yeah, it works,\u201d Heckl said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prototype the Marines have today can carry two Naval Strike Missiles into about 4 feet of water, where Marines would then pull the missiles onto the beach and to the nearest missile battery in need of resupply, Heckl explained. The Naval Strike Missile is the anti-ship missile used in the NMESIS weapon, or Navy\/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heckl, who is the Marine Corps\u2019 requirements officer, told reporters after his on-stage remarks that he wasn\u2019t sure how many of these Autonomous Low-Profile Vessels the service may buy. 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