
The Pentagon is taking a hard look at whether the Navy should buy a 10th Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer under a multi-year procurement given the impact sequestration is having on the shipbuilding budget, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday. “We are currently closely examining whether a commitment to that 10th ship should be made,” Hagel told the Senate’s defense appropriations subcommittee. The USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) during acceptance trials last year. Photo by General Dynamics. The Navy has said that because…