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Title: The Navy’s stealth destroyers to get new weapons and a new mission: killing ships
Post by: rangerrebew on February 17, 2018, 11:00:26 am

The Navy’s stealth destroyers to get new weapons and a new mission: killing ships
By: David B. Larter   1 day ago
 

WASHINGTON – The Navy has a new vision for what its enormous high-tech destroyers will do: Killing enemy warships at extended ranges.

The Navy is asking Congress to fund a conversion of its 600-foot stealth destroyers from primarily a land attack ship to an anti-surface, offensive strike platform, according to budget documents released Feb. 12.

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/02/15/its-official-the-navys-new-stealth-destroyers-will-be-ship-killers/ (https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/02/15/its-official-the-navys-new-stealth-destroyers-will-be-ship-killers/)

Title: Re: The Navy’s stealth destroyers to get new weapons and a new mission: killing ships
Post by: rangerrebew on February 17, 2018, 11:01:23 am

Oh.  I thought maybe the new "mission" would be to serve as an artificial reef. :whistle: