[sukhoi-30mki]

[Talisker]

Isn’t it a little late for this level of change?

[Jimmy Valentine]

I don’t see this type as becoming a great success. The Arleigh Burkes have been a solid work horse. I would be looking at a new cruiser design, 18,000 tons or so for gunboat diplomacy type force projection.

[SueRae]

Hmmm... If this is still in the design phase, there’s still time to fix it. Unless they get waivers from the original requirement. I know that’s done all the time but in watering down this original requirement do they really want to accept this risk?

[Lou L]

I still wonder how important stealth is when it comes to surface ships. This isn’t WWII...It’s not like they’re “sneaking up” on their would-be opponents. With satellites and submarines, the ships can still be detected fairly easily.

[MasterGunner01]

The Navy has dumped billions of dollars into these three dinosaur “destroyers” and now they're making them more visible to enemy sensors because to do otherwise is too expensive? Excuse me, I thought the DDG-1000 Zumwalts were, next to CVNs, the most expensive items in the surface Navy's budget. Anything that makes a DDG-1000 a bigger target [compromises its stealth characteristics] should not be allowed.