[DaveTesla]

“We don’t have the numbers to protect us from an all-out Russian attack. Certainly not now”

Not so.

AEGIS is deployed on 81 serving naval ships around the globe, with more than 25 additional AEGIS-equipped ships planned or under contract.

[kabar]

As of June 2006, the US Navy has equipped 3 Ticonderoga class cruisers, the USS Lake Erie, USS Shiloh and USS Port Royal, with anti-ballistic missile capability. The US Navy is currently converting 15 additional Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to incorporate the Aegis BMD capability. These ships include: USS John Paul Jones, and USS Russell, USS Ramage, USS Benfold,USS Milius and USS Decatur.[1] A total of 3 cruisers and 15 destroyers are scheduled to have BMD capability by 2009.[2]