The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee in its upcoming mark of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill will include language to prohibit the Navy from stripping five Ticonderoga-class cruisers of their ballistic missile defense capability until the service can certify that the fleet can meet the growing need, the subcommittee chairman told Inside the Navy last week. The Navy plans to strip five cruisers of their BMD capability during long-term phased modernization and a future...
