Navy Wants to Shed Aegis Ashore Mission, But Army Still Hasn’t Agreed to Take It
By: Megan Eckstein
January 12, 2021 5:58 PM
The chief of naval operation’s new call to focus on sea control and power projection could lead the service to shed other non-core missions the Navy conducts today, such as manning Aegis Ashore missile defense sites.
The biggest problem is, no one else has agreed to take over that mission yet.
CNO Adm. Mike Gilday wrote in his Navigation Plan 2021, released Jan. 11, that, “To remain ahead of our competitors, we will divest ourselves of legacy capabilities that no longer bring sufficient lethality to the fight. This includes divestment of experimental Littoral Combat Ship hulls, legacy cruisers, and older dock landing ships. It also includes divesting non-core Navy missions like Aegis Ashore. Transferring shore-based ballistic missile defense sites to ground forces enables Sailors to focus on their core missions at sea and frees up resources to increase our lethality,†reads the plan.
https://news.usni.org/2021/01/12/navy-wants-to-shed-aegis-ashore-mission-but-army-still-hasnt-agreed-to-take-it
