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CNO: Hypersonic Weapons To First Go On Zumwalt Destroyers By 2025

Thursday, April 29th, 2021

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CNO: Hypersonic Weapons To First Go On Zumwalt Destroyers By 2025

The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) at the start of its journey from Bath, Maine to its homeport of San Diego, Calif. in 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the Navy intends to field hypersonic missiles aboard the Zumwalt-class destroyers by 2025, reversing previous plans to first install the weapons on submarines. By 2025, fielding hypersonics on Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyers will be an important move forward to turn that into a strike platform,” CNO Adm. Mike Gilday said during a Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments on Tuesday. Gilday reiterated that “our biggest R&D effort is with hypersonics - to…

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