Destroyer Mayday
Credit: U.S. Navy
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) needs saved the U.S. Navy's DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class production line from mothballs a couple of years ago. Now the service is treading water, trying to keep the destroyers shipshape and their missile-defeating Aegis combat systems up and running. Navy reports show...
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