The current Navy program to convert 18 cruisers and destroyers to the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability, which will be completed by the end of this year, will have to be expanded to cover roughly 90 ships, a senior Navy officer said yesterday. "Eighteen ships is not enough to provide a robust missile defense capability," said Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, deputy chief of naval operations, speaking before a National Defense University Foundation breakfast forum. "The real number is somewhere around…
Far More Destroyers, Cruisers, Must Be Converted To Advanced Aegis Missile Defense
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