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The U.S. Navy’s Big Ticonderoga-Class Mistake Still Stings

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy's ambitious Cruiser Modernization Program for its aging Ticonderoga-class ships was a high-profile failure. -A damning GAO report revealed the Navy wasted $1.84 ...
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The U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser ‘Comeback’ Summed Up in 2 Words

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy is rapidly retiring its powerful Ticonderoga-class cruisers, sparking a debate over fleet size in the face of a rising China. -However, the program intended to ...
The National Interest

“Failure to Manage”: The Ticonderoga-class Cruiser Modernization Debacle

Ticonderoga-class cruisers entered service in the 1980s with a planned service life of around 30 years. By the early 2010s, however, these cruisers had already exceeded their intended lifespans—the ...
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These are the missile cruisers the US Navy spent $1.84 billion to upgrade just to throw them away

The US Navy wasted almost $2 billion on a failed effort to upgrade its cruisers, a watchdog report found. Four Ticonderoga-class vessels in the program were decommissioned before refits were completed ...
The National Interest

The U.S. Navy Is Desperate It Is ‘Extending’ 3 Ticonderoga-Class Cruisers

U.S. Navy is Desperate – Aging Ticonderoga-Class to Remain in Service Days after the United States Navy announced that a dozen Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers would see their service ...