The name could just follow him wherever he's stationed?
His first officer has to hate him.......
The name could just follow him wherever he's stationed?
His first officer has to hate him.......
The name could just follow him wherever he's stationed?
On aircraft carriers, I know the guys with red shirts do ordinance.
On this destroyer... I hope they maxed out their insurance.
Navy classified them as "Destroyers" since they were prohibited by budgetary rules from building any more Cruisers. These will be the largest Destroyers afloat.
Or "reef"
If they would build the entire 32 total in the original order, then the price tag would have been less, but with only 3 now... All R&D got lumped into just those three ships price tags.
So with the three like someone has said already they are going to use them as Tech Demonstration and test platforms.
Oh yes, the Captain James Kirk is a hoot.
They already have a stealth ship.
It's called a "submarine"
True, but there is no current way to support land forces with guns aboard submarines and littoral insertion/extraction of ground forces is extremely limited with submarines. For now there are things ships do submarines can not. The way of the future may be to build a hybrid, but it's not possible yet.
This ship is not capable of that mission either.
Not true. This ship has the firepower to support littoral insertion and land fighting. It has better insertion capability than submarines, proof of concept of these technologies should lead to more capable designs currently not possible with submarines. All of that of course depends on the results of the sea trials and continuing success or failure of missions. Without research and development and technology proof of concept designs the navy will not move forward and keep pace with current or surfacing threats. It's not perfect, but definitely better than waiting for the enemy to win and lag other countries in our effort to be the best.