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Zumwalt Installs Of Hypersonic Weapon Tubes On Pace, Testing For IOC Unclear

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Zumwalt Installs Of Hypersonic Weapon Tubes On Pace, Testing For IOC Unclear
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding undocked the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) on Dec. 6 at the tail end of a maintenance and modernization period where the company is replacing the unused Advanced Gun Systems with four 87-inch large missile vertical launch systems to field the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile. (Photo: HII)

The Navy’s three Zumwalt-class destroyers are proceeding roughly on time to install the missile tubes and systems that will allow them to be the service's ships to field hypersonic weapons, but the testing schedule with the missiles themselves is uncertain, an official said Tuesday. The lead ship in the class, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is the first one to install the missile tubes that will allow it to launch the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon after testing completes. DDG-1000…

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