Navies, New Missions and High Tech
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By Gregory Tosi
May 16, 2019
When a rag-tag group of pirates in fast-moving skiffs seized the massive cargo ship Maersk Alabama off the Somali coast ten years ago – the basis of the blockbuster hit “Captain Phillips†– the asymmetrical reality of shipping was set against the high seas of drama. Hollywood embellishments aside, a simple truth can be derived from the story: the market for today’s ships is less big and heavy and more agile and fast.
The threats and opportunities in international shipping have changed dramatically from just a generation ago. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the design of the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt stealth destroyer, which cuts a Darth Vader-like profile unlike any other in its class – in much the same way as the U.S.S. Monitor must have in Hampton Roads in 1862.
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