The US suddenly removed a series of guided missile cruisers

This is part of the adjustment, ensuring the defense spending of the White House. The US Congress has not yet released information about the five US Navy cruisers decommissioned under the National Defense Spending Act (NDAA) of 2022.

“The Navy is following the formal process outlined in the defense spending act of 2022. Five Ticonderoga-class cruisers will be decommissioned in 2022. The Navy will announce plans for the decommissioning. movements of ships after detailed information is available”, US Navy statement stated.

Also according to the original proposal of the US Navy, 5 cruisers will leaving the fleet this April includes USS Lake Champlain, USS Hue City, USS Anzio, USS Port Royal, USS San Jacinto.

The US Navy is present 22 cruisers, many of which are undergoing long-term maintenance. The US is looking to upgrade these cruisers to maintain support in the team’s combat operations cruiser for the carrier strike group.

However, US naval leaders reported to Congress that extending the life of cruisers was costly and took longer than expected.

“The modernization of the cruisers is 175% to 200% more than the estimated cost, the repair time is delayed by hundreds of days. These ships have a retirement age of only 30 years, but they have been in service for more than 35 years.” Admiral Mike Gilday, Chief of Staff of the US Navy, spoke before the House Armed Services Committee last year.

Before that, in July last year, the US announced two cruisers were put into the category of the border in February this year, including USS Vella Gulf and USS Monterey – stationed at Naval Base Norfolk, Virginia. The two warships returned to base after their deployment with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East.

At the end of December last year, US President Joe Biden signed into law NDAA 2022, thereby approving a budget of $ 770 billion for defense spending. NDAA 2022 increased by more than 5% year-on-year, including expenditures for a 2.7% increase in salaries for military personnel, purchasing more aircraft and ships in addition to developing strategies to deal with threats. geopolitics from the outside.

The US defense budget for 2022 also includes $300 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, $4 billion for the European Defense Initiative, and $150 million for the Baltic Security Cooperation. Under the same law, the US is also expected to spend $ 7.1 billion on initiatives related to security in the Pacific region.