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Saturday, November 14, 2009

MDA announces next 6 BMD ships

Arleigh Burke class destroyerThe Missile Defense Agency announced Thursday the names of the next six ships that will join the Navy’s ballistic missile defense fleet, all of which are stationed on the East Coast.

The upgrade will go to five destroyers from Naval Station Norfolk, Va.: Ross and Donald Cook in fiscal 2012, and Cole, McFaul and Porter in fiscal 2013. One ship from Naval Station Mayport, Fla., the Carney, will get the BMD upgrade in fiscal 2012.

MDA’s current goal is to have 21 BMD ships by the end of 2010; 24 in 2012; and 27 around 2013, said Scott Perry, an Aegis BMD official with MDA. He spoke in a Surface Navy Association presentation Thursday outside Washington.

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