To take on sea-based NMD mission, Navy would need to bolster forces
If the U.S. plans on tasking the Navy to handle sea-based national missile defense (NMD), it's going to need a bigger Navy, according to Rear Adm. Joseph A. Sestak Jr. of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). "In 1992, with 520-plus ships, we had 20% of the forces forward deployed. With...
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