China Mocks America's $7 Billion Navy Destroyer

DDG 1000 Zumwalt has a peripheral vertical launch system (PVLS), which consists of 20 four-cell PVLS situated round the perimeter of the deck. US Navy

The Navy Thinks This New $7 Billion Ship Is The Answer To All Its Chinese Concerns -- Business Insider

Looking a bit like an old Civil War Ironclad, the $7 billion DDG 1000 USS Zumwalt will focus on land attacks, relying heavily on its advanced stealth technology to slip in close to shore before unleashing its massive onboard arsenal.

A new take on the Zumwalt was published today by the Eric Talmadge at the Associated Press who points out that in addition to the ship's wide array of conventional weapons the Zumwalt will eventually carry the Navy's much anticipated "railgun".

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More News On The US Navy's DDG 1000 USS Zumwalt

Stealth Destroyer To Cost US Navy $3.1 Billion Per Ship, DDG-1000 Is Most Expensive Naval Warship -- International Business Times
Stealth destroyer, at over $3 billion apiece, is US Navy’s latest answer to rising China -- Washington Post/AP
Planned stealth destroyer could underpin US Navy's China strategy -- FOX News/AP
US Navy hopes $3 billion stealth ship answers a rising China -- Inquirer
New stealth destroyer really sucks - China mocks America's $7 billion Navy acquisition -- RT
Stealth Destroyer, U.S. Navy Warship, Could Answer Rising China -- Eric Talmadge, Huffington Post

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DDG 1000 (Image from Naval.com)

New Destroyer Emerges in U.S. Plans -- Defense News

A "future surface combatant" (FSC) and the accelerated development of an anti-missile radar could be the U.S. Navy's answer to new missiles under development by China.

The new ship could become even more central to Navy plans. The price tag for the DDG 1000 destroyer has hit $6 billion a copy, Pentagon documents show. The Zumwalts may be in a Nunn-McCurdy breach, which would require the Navy - already downplaying the ship - to recertify the program's value to the nation's defense.

The viability of the Zumwalt class was already in question because of its price tag, which the Navy has declared to be $3.3 billion per ship but which non-Navy analysts put at $5 billion to $7 billion.

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My Comment: Information Dissemination has more on the DDG 1000. His post is The Navy's New Battleship Budget Plan.

Update: The Next Navy Procurement Disaster -- New Wars