Friday, April 13, 2012

The $7 billion dollar warship being built to maintain American naval supremacy over China in the 21st Century

One of the largest, most expensive and advanced warships ever commissioned for the U.S Navy is taking shape at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine.

Named the U.S.S Zumwalt, the $7 billion guided-missile destroyer is at the cutting edge of technology and now deemed vital for defence following President Obama's Asia-Pacific pivot.

Featuring a radical wave-piercing hull known as a 'tumblehome', the odd looking ship incorporates stealth technology that makes the 600-foot, 14,500 ton warship seem like a fishing vessel to enemy radar.

Fitted with diagonally launching missile tubes as opposed to traditional vertical tubes and carrying deck-guns that fire rocket propelled warheads 100 miles, the Zumwalt will be a formidable beast.

Even though it is the largest destroyer the U.S Navy has built in years it will have half the crew because of the extensive automation of systems on the ship.

With 32 ships originally envisioned for the class, that was lowered after a government review to 24, then to seven and eventually shot down to just three.

More @ Mail Online

4 comments:

  1. Barack is determined to bring World War III about. How is it so many are incapable of recognizing this mad man?

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  2. Half the nation consist of imbeciles.

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  3. Although I'm staunchly against shrinking the Navy budget, the shipbuilding fiasco is insane- we're building too few ships far too expensively, for a cold war that no longer exists. As interesting as the Zumwalts are, they can't get anywhere near the coast of china, since commercial and local traffic, consisting of cheaply built boats, still contain people who rely on the mark I eyeball. No matter how much ass the DDG's may have, they come at the same cost as a goddamned aircraft carrier, and pack a tiny percentage of the punch for the money. In the meanwhile, the Navy can build 8 Aegis cruisers for the same price as one DDG, and get more firepower and better-protected ships able to defend themselves.

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  4. Thanks for your knowledge. More ammo.

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