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Hypersonic Weapons On Zumwalt Destroyer Pushed Back To 2027

Hypersonic Weapons On Zumwalt Destroyer Pushed Back To 2027
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) preparing to dock at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. on Aug. 19, 2023 for a maintenance period that is replacing its unused Advanced Gun System with large diameter missile tubes to field the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapon. (Photo: HII)

Testing the first hypersonic missiles on the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) destroyer is running at least two years behind plan for 2025, pushed back to 2027, a Navy official said Thursday. “So Zumwalt, we're trying to figure out as that platform comes out of her build yard maintenance period and we start to look at what is all the final testing we're going to have to do on our side, with our system, the testing is continuing, but… ‘25 is not…

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