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Article: Navy Deploys First Atlantic Fleet-Based BMD Destroyer.

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August 29, 2008
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By Geoff Fein

The Navy today will make its first-ever deployment of an Atlantic Fleet- based ballistic missile defense (BMD) capable destroyer, as the USS Ramage (DDG- 61) heads to the Mediterranean for a six-month tour, a Navy official said.

"This is the first operational deployment of a BMD ship on the Atlantic Fleet to the Mediterranean. Obviously, it is a significant milestone--the fact that the ship has this capability and the crew is certified and trained, and we have in fact loaded her with the capability," Rear Adm. Alan Hicks, Aegis BMD program director, told reporters during a teleconference yesterday.

"I think it is further ...

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