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USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« on: December 09, 2024, 12:35:19 pm »
USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
It's hoped that the tiny and hugely expensive Zumwalt class might find new utility with its hypersonic missile launch capability.
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Posted on Dec 6, 2024
 
The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), a very large and stealthy Navy destroyer that has been beset by hurdles for much of its life, was put back in the water Friday after undergoing 14 months of work that saw its original and cost-prohibitive 155mm Advanced Gun Systems (AGS) replaced with launchers that will eventually fire Intermediate-Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) hypersonic missiles.

Photos released by shipbuilder HII don’t show much of the IRCPS, as its position on the deck where the big guns once stood is covered. Still, Friday’s news was years in the making, as the Navy first announced plans to remodel its tiny Zumwalt class fleet to field next-generation hypersonic missiles in November 2021.

While the Zumwalt class was originally supposed to grow to 32 ships, the Navy ended up buying only three. Part of its original mission was gun fire support for amphibious operations, but the Navy never bought ammunition for its guns that would fulfill that role. This was largely due to the 155mm Long-Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) rounds fired from the ship’s two Advanced Gun Systems (AGS) costing $800,000 each.

https://www.twz.com/sea/uss-zumwalt-returns-to-the-water-with-a-hypersonic-missile-launcher-upgrade
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Re: USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2024, 12:37:26 pm »
If I were still in the Navy, I would feel very uncomfortable being on a ship, like the Zumwalt, held together with patches of every kind, looking for a purpose.  I've got a bad feeling about it. :0001:
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Re: USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2024, 05:14:56 am »
Being a former BM, I wouldn't care to be aboard that thing.  Hull maintenance would be a nightmare.  I'll bet it has the best in tampon dispensers.  Guess we'll have to see how well it can handle combat.
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Re: USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2024, 06:35:56 am »
Quote from: AL on December 10, 2024, 05:14:56 am
  Guess we'll have to see how well it can handle combat.

Three words come to mind:  Davey Jones Locker. :th_10444:
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Re: USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2024, 06:21:50 pm »
Those Zumwalt-style destroyers must be terrible to serve on.

There's next-to-no "deck space" to get out from the confinement of being inside.

Kind of like a submarine that always runs on the surface...

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Re: USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2024, 07:32:55 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on December 10, 2024, 06:21:50 pm
Those Zumwalt-style destroyers must be terrible to serve on.

There's next-to-no "deck space" to get out from the confinement of being inside.

Kind of like a submarine that always runs on the surface...



Looks like a Russian superyacht to me. Kinda evil looking.
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Re: USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2024, 07:34:55 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on December 10, 2024, 06:21:50 pm
Those Zumwalt-style destroyers must be terrible to serve on.

There's next-to-no "deck space" to get out from the confinement of being inside.

Kind of like a submarine that always runs on the surface...



Always?
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Re: USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2024, 09:56:23 pm »
About damn time.

Brandon's military is a follower of China, Russia and Iran on this technology.
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Re: USS Zumwalt Returns To The Water With A Hypersonic Missile Launcher Upgrade
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2024, 01:36:25 am »
I do have a question. How much do hypersonic missiles cost per shot? How many 'shots' are on board, compared to the railgun?
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