Army leaders looked at, turned down Navy proposal to assume responsibility for Aegis Ashore

By Jason Sherman / October 14, 2022 at 5:00 AM
Army leaders considered and rejected a Navy gambit to put soldiers behind the consoles of Aegis Ashore, maintaining sailors are best suited to operate the land-based variant of the air and missile defense system -- originally deployed on the surface combatant fleet -- that is operational in Romania, slated for Poland and expected soon in a new form on Guam. Lt. Gen. Dan Karbler, head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command, said the service considered a proposal advanced by...

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