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Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship

The U.S. Navy is making progress in deploying its first shipborne hypersonic weapon. Workers at a Mississippi shipyard have finished installing missile tubes on the USS Zumwalt that will replace twin turrets from a gun system that was never activated because it was too expensive.

Interesting Engineering on MSN · 1d

US Navy’s stealth destroyer to deploy first-ever hypersonic missiles

Work on replacing the USS Zumwalt's guns with hypersonic missile tubes is nearing completion at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard.

fingerlakes1 · 1d

USS Zumwalt to Host Navy’s First Hypersonic Weapons System

The USS Zumwalt, the Navy’s $7.5 billion stealth destroyer, is being retrofitted to carry hypersonic missiles, marking the first deployment of such weapons on a U.S. warship.

AOL · 2d

Navy putting first shipborne hypersonic weapon on vessel once seen as 'costly blunder'

The US is deploying a shipborn hypersonic missile battery to the USS Zumwalt, a destroyer once thought a major mistake.

scmp.com · 3d

Stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship

Recent tests of the advanced weapons by both Russia and China have increased pressure on the US military to hasten their production.

The National Interest1mon

Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Failure Can Be Summed up in 2 Words

The Zumwalt-class destroyer, designed to revolutionize naval warfare with stealth capabilities and advanced armaments, has instead become a symbol of strategic misjudgment and wasteful spending.

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Japanese Warship 'Kaga' Sails Into Pearl Harbor

JS Kaga bears the same name as an aircraft carrier that took part in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

China Tensions Prompt U.S. Navy Race to Reload Missiles at Sea

A U.S. destroyer can fire dozens of cruise missiles within minutes, but reloading back in port can take two months. In a war against China, that could be a fatal weakness.

The National Interest8d

Zumwalt-Class: Don't You Dare Call This Destroyer a Battleship

This ship was to be the first stealth warship ever built. It was designed with low radar cross-sections, for example. A single Zumwalt-class destroyer is far larger than its Arleigh Burke-class ...

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