US Navy's Stealth Destroyer The USS Zumwalt Deployed To East Asia

The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt sails through the Pacific Ocean on April 13, 2022. Seaman Christopher Sypert/U.S. Navy/Cover Images/Reuters 

CNN: US Navy sends its most advanced surface warship to east Asia  

Seoul, South Korea CNN — The US Navy’s most advanced surface warship is showing its stealthy profile in the western Pacific on a mission that may set the stage for the eventual deployment of US hypersonic missiles to the region. 

The USS Zumwalt is the first in a class of three multimission guided missile destroyers the Navy says will “create a new level of battlespace complexity for potential adversaries.” 

In the Pacific, one of those potential adversaries is obviously China, and the Zumwalt will certainly get Beijing’s attention. 

“The presence of a stealth warship will draw a great deal of (Chinese) interest,” especially if the Zumwalt is outfitted with hypersonic weapons, said analyst Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain.  

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WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. Once it arrives in East Asia the Chinese are going to be watching this warship very closely. 

US Navy's Stealth Destroyer The USS Zumwalt Deployed To East Asia  

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