Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy isn’t collapsing, but it is operating under visible strain: costly procurement missteps, concept churn, and a...
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Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy isn’t collapsing, but it is operating under visible strain: costly procurement missteps, concept churn, and a...
Key Points and Summary – President Donald Trump’s proposed “Trump-class” battleships—flagships of a new “Golden Fleet”—would be huge missile-laden surface combatants meant to revive...
Key Points and Summary – The troubled USS Zumwalt class is about to get a defining mission: launching long-range hypersonic glide weapons under the...
Key Points and Summary – For more than a century, U.S. Navy destroyers have been the fast, hard-hitting “tin cans” guarding carrier strike groups...
Key Points – The US Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyers, recognizable by their stealthy “tumblehome” hull, represent one of history’s most expensive naval programs at over...
Though the United States Navy has some of the most advanced vessels in the world, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. The United States...
The first Zumwalt-Class destroyer (DDG-1000) was commissioned in 2016, the second (DDG-1001) was commissioned in 2019 and the third in class will follow suit...
Of all the new-generation US naval vessels, the Zumwalt-class destroyers are, without a doubt, the most ambitious and unparalleled in the designers’ approach to...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyers, designed for stealth and advanced naval warfare, faced setbacks when their innovative gun systems proved...
Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s troubled Zumwalt-class destroyers are receiving a lifeline through the integration of Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missiles....