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The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided-missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land attack. The class was designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support and secondary roles of surface warfare and anti-aircraft warfare.
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named after Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. [10] [11] Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite her large size. [12]
The US Navy is converting Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers into hypersonic missile shooters. The expensive Zumwalt class has struggled to find a suitable mission and weapons. The upgrade is part ...
USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) is the second ship of the three-ship Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers.The Zumwalt-class was designed as a multi-mission surface combatant for land attack and littoral operations with a mission of supporting both ground campaigns and the joint/naval battlespace.
Each of the Zumwalt-class destroyers would be equipped with four missile tubes, each with three of the missiles for a total of 12 hypersonic weapons per ship. In choosing the Zumwalt, the Navy is attempting to add to the usefulness of a $7.5 billion warship that is considered by critics to be an expensive mistake despite serving as a test ...
The Zumwalt-class destroyers will be the US Navy's first warfighting vessels to be armed with hypersonic missiles. The US Navy wants to arm each Zumwalt stealth destroyer with up to a dozen ...
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The Zumwalt class tumblehome hull is derived from that of the DD-21. The new design was compared to the current Arleigh Burke hull and possible developments of it, and it was decided to go ahead with a new hull [17] to be called DD-21 (or DD 21), [21] the 21st century Land Attack Destroyer. [22]