Del Toro: At-sea re-arming will be operational in 2-3 years

By Nick Wilson / January 10, 2024 at 7:29 PM
The Navy is on path to develop and operationalize technology enabling a supply vessel to re-arm a warship's missile tubes while underway at sea within the next two to three years, according to service Secretary Carlos Del Toro. “I won’t go into specifics because it’s classified, but it has to do with actually re-arming at sea with a supply ship and a receiving destroyer -- being able to actually transfer those missiles and place them in the launcher, in heavy...

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