A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) during a Missile Defense Agency and Navy test in the mid-Pacific in May 2013 (Photo: U.S. Navy)
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The Biden administration on Tuesday detailed what Navy provisions it opposes in the House’s draft FY 2025 defense authorization bill, which focused on ship procurement funding and restrictions on ship retirements.
The administration’s first point in its…