HOPE HODGE SECK
With the scheduled retirement of the first of the Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers only years away and no direct replacement set to come online, some fear the Navy is set to lose critical defensive capabilities just as it works to build up the fleet.
But an influential Congressman says the Navy could begin to pay for a five-year service-life extension program for the ships with existing maintenance dollars, and argues the move will help the service move effectively toward its goal of a 355-ship fleet.
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