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US Navy's new destroyer program aims to break 30-year slump
The United States has been attempting to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer for over 30 years. Despite the ...
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The Infamous Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Might Finally Have a Real Purpose
"Instead, it is an evolutionary dead-end (an expensive one at that)," Weichert stated bluntly, adding, "Of all the government ...
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The Navy's Next-Gen Destroyer Is Missing Something Important: A Gun
For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft. This objective was accomplished with a ...
Here are the names of the 6 new Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers that are poised to lead the US Navy until 2100
Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...
US Navy Betting Big On Next-Gen DDG(X) Destroyer
However, these advancements come with a significant price tag: the DDG (X) is estimated to cost US$4.4 billion per ship, far ...
First Look At Stealth Destroyer’s Hypersonic Missile Launchers
Newly released pictures offer the first real look at the four new large launch tubes for firing Intermediate-Range ...
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Del Toro embarks on the new year by naming 2 future Navy destroyers
“My sincere thanks to President Biden, Secretary of the Navy Del Toro and the United States Navy that gave ... Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s surface ...
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The Infamous Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Might Finally Have a Real Purpose
Admiral Elmo Zumwalt should be remembered as the “conscience of the United ... class vessels into hypersonic missile stealth destroyers. In theory, it probably seemed like a good idea—the Navy ...