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Young: Navy Needs Analytical Balanced Discussion About DDG-1000

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Friday, February 6th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein Pentagon acquisition chief John Young continued to make his case for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class combat ship, citing the need for further discussion on whether the Navy should truncate the new destroyer or go with building more DDG-51s. One concern Young raised yesterday with reporters during a Pentagon briefing was that if the Navy stops building DDG-1000s, it's not clear how the service provides air defense for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). DDG-1000, much like LCS, will operate…

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