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July 31st, 2008
Posted: 06:21 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Navy has decided to cut short plans to build a new class of futuristic destroyers and build more of an existing type better suited for anti-aircraft and missile defenses, a top admiral said Thursday. The Navy will build two of the planned DDG-1000 guided-missile destroyers, not the planned seven, Vice Adm. Barry McCullough told a House defense subcommittee. Instead, the service will build more of the existing Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, known as DDG-51s, dozens of which are already in service. “The demand from combatant commanders is for ballistic missile defense, integrated air and missile defense and anti-submarine warfare best provided by DDG-51s, and not the surface fire support optimized in DDG-1000,” McCullough said. |
 
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