Six cruisers "Ticonderoga" type will be written down to 2022 of the year. Replacements for them in the US Navy no.
FROM 2021 the US Navy will begin to take on recycling cruisers "Ticonderoga" - their largest warships. Currently in service is 22 this type cruiser, the first batch of write-off will consist of six ships.
"Ticonderoga" became the first American ships, received a combat information control "Aegis" system. Besides, they have unique communication systems, through which play the role of command centers as part of the ship's groups. These cruisers converted weapons of individual vehicles into a single system of air and missile defense.
Here are just a part of the US Navy replacement cruisers "Ticonderoga" simply does not exist. No other American ship does not have the same communication systems. It is for this reason that the Pentagon continues to extend the "Ticonderoga" lifetime. The military has already worked through temporary solutions, they could realize up 2025 of the year, but, probably, none of them does not satisfy all the requirements of.
According to the Action Plan, last "Ticonderoga" will be written off no earlier 2045 of the year, when the age of the "young" ship of this type exceeds 50 years.
