A new radar, the most advanced of its kind, is joining the US defense against hypersonic missiles
Story by cpanella@businessinsider.com (Chris Panella) • 14h
The US Navy is converting Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers into hypersonic missile shooters.
The expensive Zumwalt class has struggled to find a suitable mission and weapons.
The upgrade is part of the US' effort to keep pace with adversaries in fielding hypersonic weapons.
The US Navy's Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers are hailed as a revolution in naval warfare due to their next-generation design and advanced technology.
But nearly two decades after the first-in-class USS Zumwalt began construction, the world's most advanced surface combatants are still not ready for combat, victims of development problems, cost overruns, and ineffective systems.
Now, the sea service is retrofitting the Zumwalt-class destroyers to launch future hypersonic missiles in a bid to make the costly warships more useful by allowing them to strike targets from afar with greater precision.
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