You’d have thought the Navy would have learned their lesson about “no gun” platforms with the F4-D. If It’s DD size or larger it needs at least one automatic 128mm or larger gun. Quick inyo action and versatile counts go a lot missle can be quick and accurate but cannot replace a good gun.
Because we only built 3 DDG-1000s instead of the originally 32 planned..,the 8 inch gun rounds where $800k apiece…Navy choose not to pay that and this year replace the guns with hypersonic missiles….the DDG-1000 has small guns for self defense