USN has insufficient number of BMD ships to meet combatant commanders’ demands

U.S. combatant commanders around the world have been requesting for more BMD-capable cruisers and destroyers in the past few years. However, the U.S. Navy will soon be unable to meet those requests.

By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The service currently has 33 ships capable of BMD, yet by fiscal 2016, the need is expected to jump to 77 ships.

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