Lasers And More: The Navy's Stealth Destroyers Are Becoming Blue-Water Capable

[rangerrebew]

June 18, 2020

Lasers And More: The Navy's Stealth Destroyers Are Becoming Blue-Water Capable

The Zumwalt is regarded as the most advanced warship ever built.
by Kris Osborn
 

(National Harbor, Md.) The US Navy’s stealthy new first-of-its kind destroyer will incinerate targets with lasers, fire advanced weapons to destroy moving targets at sea and use upgraded interceptor missiles to track and knock-out approaching enemy fire -- all as part of a broader strategic shift to prepare the high-tech ship for massive, “blue-water” maritime warfare on the open seas.

The USS Zumwalt, now going through combat and weapons activation in anticipation of its first deployment, will receive new Maritime Tomahawk missiles able to track and explode moving targets at sea, SM-6 IA interceptors, long-range precision guns and -- quite likely in the very near future - laser weapons, according to the DDG 1000-USS Zumwalt Program Manager, Naval Sea Systems Command, Capt. Kevin Smith.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/lasers-and-more-navys-stealth-destroyers-are-becoming-blue-water-capable-162949

[Fishrrman]

"The US Navy’s stealthy new first-of-its kind destroyer will incinerate targets with lasers, fire advanced weapons to destroy moving targets at sea and use upgraded interceptor missiles to track and knock-out approaching enemy fire"

Don't send this stuff to sea.
We may need it in Minneapolis and Seattle...!