The future guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departs Bath, Maine, on April 20, 2016, to conduct acceptance trials with the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey. (U.S. Navy photo)
Scout Warrior: Navy Finishing Design for New Guided Missile Destroyers
The Navy has nearly finished design work on a fleet of high-tech ,newly-engineered guided missile destroyers intended to accommodate emerging weapons such as lasers, rail guns.
The Navy has nearly finished design work on a fleet of high-tech ,newly-engineered guided missile destroyers intended to accommodate emerging weapons such as lasers, rail guns and advanced radar able to detect attacking anti-ship cruise missiles from more than twice the distance, service officials said.
Navy officials with Naval Sea Systems Command tell Scout Warrior that design work is almost completed for the services’ Flight III DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers – warships slated to enter service in the 2020s.
The new destroyers are engineered with advanced sensors, weapons, ship-defenses and radar technologies to keep pace with emerging threats and help the Navy maintain technological superiority over potential adversaries, Navy developers said.
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WNU editor: No indications on what the cost for such a guided missile destroyer will be .... but I am willing to bet that they are not going to be cheap.
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