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destroyer program, the Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG 1000) is the lead ship of a class of next-generation multi-mission surface combatants tailored for land attack and littoral dominance with ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program, once hailed as the future of naval warfare, has been ...

The expanded U.S. presence will include the Navy’s next-generation warship, the DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyer, named after the former chief of naval operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt Jr.

The Navy originally planned to build 20 such vessels, but reduced this to three because of costs Each Zumwalt-class destroyer is estimated to cost $3.5 billion, triple the cost of a regular destroyer.

The Zumwalt-class destroyer, the largest and most advanced surface combatant in the world, was built to be a silent killer, but the revolutionary warship has faced a string of setbacks during ...