We have over 20 Tico-class cruisers in service with the U.S. Navy.
The Soviet threat is gone and any new anti-access threat would make short work of these anyway (not unlike the sinking of the Price of Wales and Repulse). Just as battleships became obsolete, so should cruisers.
These cruisers consume a lot of supplies and manpower. Anything they can do a Burke can do cheaper with the same effect. And, hunting pirates with a cruiser shows how inefficient we really are with this threat.
If the Navy really wants to save some money, or is forced to save money as part of a federal budget disaster, this would be a good place to start.
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Ticos are the same size-class as Burke. The Cruiser nomenclature seems like a formality. How much more resources do they consume? Also, they're about 2/3 through their lifecycle, let them just age out.
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