Fatal Aegis BMD Ship Collisions Were ‘Avoidable’

Credit: U.S. Navy
The two collisions involving U.S. Navy ballistic missile defense ships in June and August at the height of North Korean provocations were entirely preventable and mostly the result of sloppy seamanship, according to accident investigation reports released by the Navy this week. The first collision...

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