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$7 billion for a destroyer is a crime. Seriously. And the Zumwalt doesn’t even have the Burke class’ anti-air capability. Not enough room to shoehorn that caliber of AA electronics into the current design. This ship is a multi-billion dollar solution in search of a problem. Zumwalt would be appalled at his name being stuck on this turkey. He was all about “many and cheap”... building a huge fleet of small, easy to build and inexpensive warships vs. a small fleet with a few hyper-expensive behemoths. He was the brainchild behind the Sea Control Ship and the Perry class frigate. Sometimes I think someone in the Navy Department named this ship just to insult his memory.

$7 billion for a destroyer is a crime. Seriously. And the Zumwalt doesn’t even have the Burke class’ anti-air capability. Not enough room to shoehorn that caliber of AA electronics into the current design.
I call shenanigans. The AN-SPY 3 Multifunction radar was designed from the beginning with anti-aircraft capabilities. In 2008, Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, redefined these capabilities out of existence with Potomac spin. Because the new system has not been configured, as of yet, for the SM-2 and SM-6 missiles, he decided that there was no such capability.

This ship is a multi-billion dollar solution in search of a problem.
Creating a stealthy fire support ship and being the basis of the CG(X).

Zumwalt would be appalled at his name being stuck on this turkey. He was all about “many and cheap”... building a huge fleet of small, easy to build and inexpensive warships vs. a small fleet with a few hyper-expensive behemoths. He was the brainchild behind the Sea Control Ship and the Perry class frigate. Sometimes I think someone in the Navy Department named this ship just to insult his memory.
No disagreement.