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Offline rangerrebew

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Zumwalt: The Navy’s Stealth Destroyer Looks Like a Giant Failure
« on: May 19, 2023, 12:05:50 pm »
Zumwalt: The Navy’s Stealth Destroyer Looks Like a Giant Failure
Story by Harrison Kass • Yesterday 8:24 PM

 
Meet the Zumwalt - The Zumwalt-class destroyer was designed to be the future of the US Navy.


Incorporating ultra-modern stealth and weapon technology, 32 Zumwalt’s were planned for delivery – with the expectation that the new ship would replace the aging Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

But when the Zumwalt program went hazardously overbudget – and the ship performed below expectations, plans to replace the proven Arleigh Burke changed.

 
The Navy pulled their support from the Zumwalt and asked Congress to stop delivering the troubled ship.

Instead, the Navy wanted more of the old Arleigh Burke destroyers that had proven so reliable.

In the end, only three Zumwalts were ever delivered to the Navy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/zumwalt-the-navy-s-stealth-destroyer-looks-like-a-giant-failure/ar-AA1bnCFe?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=fad9e98fc2474398bc00c1b6cec776a6&ei=22
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Re: Zumwalt: The Navy’s Stealth Destroyer Looks Like a Giant Failure
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2023, 01:37:56 pm »
Yep, it was a misguided legacy of the late 1990s obsession with "do more with less" technology and then Rumsfeld's failed military "Transformation" program.
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