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Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/5/2021 8:47:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Interesting article. First I have heard of a Mach 17 missile for the USN.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a36331309/navy-zumwalt-destroyers-will-carry-hypersonic-weapons/

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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/5/2021 9:56:42 PM   
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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/6/2021 12:03:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Let's talk about the device the ship was designed around....

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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/6/2021 12:35:34 PM   
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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/7/2021 1:23:00 AM   
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You means the guns that cannot be used? Bring back the retired Ticos......


You mean actually go with something that worked instead of "Stealth Technology"????


Shame! No bling in doing that.

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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/7/2021 7:24:28 PM   
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But I am a bit worried about some the directions the military is going in. Replace the A-10 with an F-35 - that makes so much sense. The Zums, enough said. No more FFGs but we have littoral combat ships, and the next gen frigates are estimated to be 7500 tons plus, but won't be able to keep up with a CVN....though they will be tasked to do so. As we Ae folks know you really don't want a 28 knot asset tied to a 33-35 knot one if you can avoid it.

It sort of says it all when we have just ordered new build F-15s...they at least work!

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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/8/2021 2:13:49 AM   
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I never said that!

But I am a bit worried about some the directions the military is going in. Replace the A-10 with an F-35 - that makes so much sense. The Zums, enough said. No more FFGs but we have littoral combat ships, and the next gen frigates are estimated to be 7500 tons plus, but won't be able to keep up with a CVN....though they will be tasked to do so. As we Ae folks know you really don't want a 28 knot asset tied to a 33-35 knot one if you can avoid it.

It sort of says it all when we have just ordered new build F-15s...they at least work!


The F-15 first flew in July of '72-almost 50 years ago. It's obsolete like the rest of the US military.

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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/9/2021 3:37:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		1961 - not looking to get into a spat with you but IIRC no F-15 has ever been lost in air to air combat. If that is obsolete, I'll take it.

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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/9/2021 7:16:00 PM   
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RE: Zumwalt Class DDs get an upgrade - 5/9/2021 7:28:08 PM   
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