It truly is amazing. This is at least 20 years of utter failure by the DON. I remember reading about DDG-21 and the LCS program many, many years ago. I even wrote a letter to the editor of Surface Warfare Magazine, which was published, expressing my opinion on how dumb this was.
The DDG-1000 hull will likely be the new Large Surface Combatant (CG-47/DDG-51 replacement). The Navy’s current plan is to remove the large gun and outfit the existing ships with Hypersonic weapons as well as Standard missiles in Vertical Launch System. But your right..a cluster