The unique profile of the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyers helps to reduce their radar profile, effectively making them ...

The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyers, known for their radical, stealthy “tumblehome” hull design, are undergoing a ...

The US Navy has deployed the USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001), one of its three Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers, to Japan in a clear strategic signal to China. -The deployment comes as the troubled ...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) arrives at its new homeport in San Diego on Dec. 8, 2016 (U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn) This is deeply unsurprising.

The stealth destroyer is slated to be upgraded with a hypersonic missile system that the Navy plans to field by the mid-2020s ...

USS Zumwalt is armed with 80 vertical launch cells for missiles that can strike land and sea targets as well as anti-submarine rockets, but the Type 055 has 112 launch cells capable of the same tasks.

Summary: The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is undergoing significant modernization, with its 155mm advanced gun system (AGS) removed to integrate Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missiles.

The Navy originally planned to put 32 Zumwalt-class destroyers to sea, a number trimmed to three as the price of each ship, an estimated $8.1 billion, grew after 2005, according to 2008 and 2018 ...

The USS Zumwalt is seen at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Credit: AP/Gerald HerbertA U.S. hypersonic weapon was successfully tested over the summer ...

The Navy says field testing of the missiles is likely to begin in 2025. The non-nuclear weapons also will be installed on the USS Michael Monsoor, another San Diego-based Zumwalt-class destroyer ...

USS Zumwalt is armed with 80 vertical launch cells for missiles that can strike land and sea targets as well as anti-submarine rockets, but the Type 055 has 112 launch cells capable of the same tasks.