Each Round For The USS Zumwalt Costs $800,000 And The Navy Won't Buy Them
Kristen Lee
11/09/16 1:52pmFiled to: USS Zumwalt
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The U.S.S. Zumwalt (DDG-1000) stealth destroyer is equipped with a pair of huge guns that are so advanced, they are said to be able to accurately hit targets 80 miles away with very little collateral damage. The only problem is that the rounds for the guns cost at least $800,000 each, which the U.S. Navy believes to be “excessive.”
The 155 mm guns are imaginatively named the Advanced Gun Systems. The munition designed to be fired from them is called the Long Range Land-Attack Projectile, according to Defense News, and they are integral to the Zumwalt’s purpose of becoming a land-attack destroyer.
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