1.   Instead, the arsenal ship would have relied on other warships to defend it against missile attacks.

2.   The arsenal ship also May change the way the Navy buys warships in the future.

3.   The arsenal ship was championed by senior admirals who rose through the surface warfare ranks, including the late Adm.

4.   The concept of an arsenal ship is rather simple.

5.   They were major subcontractors competing to design and build the arsenal ship.

6.   When built, the arsenal ships will have the smallest crews of any Navy ship except small coastal patrol craft.

7.   With the program cutbacks, the arsenal ship was renamed the Maritime fire support demonstrator.

8.   The arsenal ship is designed as a major improvement to the surface warship community and not as a replacement for manned aircraft launched from aircraft carriers, Boorda said.

9.   The first arsenal ship can be made operational in half that time.

10.   The mission of the arsenal ship is to provide massive amounts of modern missile firepower to a naval commander.