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Navy Plans To Field 12 Hypersonic Missiles On Each Zumwalt Destroyer, Replacing Gun

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

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Navy Plans To Field 12 Hypersonic Missiles On Each Zumwalt Destroyer, Replacing Gun

The future Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) was launched at the General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine on Dec. 9, 2018. (Photo: General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works)

The Navy is planning to replace the gun system on each Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyer with the capability to field up to 12 hypersonic weapons as a “compelling strike platform,” according to the Navy’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. In the FY ‘22 request, the Navy is seeking $112.6 million on DDG-1000 development efforts, with a portion used to start work to integrate the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon system on all three DDG-1000 ships. “When combined with the low…

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