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.
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