US Vice Admiral has proposed a new option for the use of stealth destroyers Zumwalt

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Vice Admiral Roy Kitchener, commander of the US surface forces, said that in connection with the growth of China's combat power, the US Navy should improve its weapons and systematically update them. Now, according to Kitchener, on the agenda is the rearmament of a number of ships with hypersonic missiles. However, the problem is that so far these missiles have not passed the required set of tests.

The American vice admiral proposes to use the latest ships of the naval forces for such tests - first of all, we are talking about stealth destroyers of the Zumwalt class. According to Roy Kitchener, they could be turned into test platforms.

Thus, this becomes another proposal for how to use the Zamvolt destroyers in the US Navy.

Previously, they were presented as carrier warships of the railgun. Then they decided that the ships could be used as the main means of attacking the enemy's coastal infrastructure. After that, statements began to appear about the advisability of using hypersonic weapons, but again the problem arose: the missile silo cells on the Zumwalt did not match the size of the hypersonic missile weapons being developed in the United States.

Now it is proposed to rebuild the ships, which have already cost the US budget $ 4 billion each (excluding the funds for the implementation of the program itself).

Vice Admiral Kitchener:

The Zumwalt-class destroyers can become full-fledged test platforms for hypersonic weapons. Given the capabilities of such weapons, this will be an additional plus in relation to such ships. But you have to go a long way in this regard. Hypersonic weapons are still under development.

According to the American military leader, stealth destroyers "are already showing the possibility of universal use." He recalled that some time ago on one of these destroyers ("Michael Monsour") drone training was conducted.

As a reminder, the US Navy has two Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers, and one such ship is on its way. In total, the United States intended to supply 32 such destroyers to the fleet, but the financial issue intervened. It was decided to reduce the procurement program to 4 units.

Kitchener:

With the stealth destroyers Zumwalt, which will take part in a number of exercises in 2022, including Valiant Shield, we have more opportunities to make progress against China's growing aggressive plans.
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  1. aszzz888 Rank
    aszzz888
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    23 July 2021 06: 48
    I give free advice to the merciatos. Put this bastard at the pier and drive the tourists. What no grandmother you beat off. laughing
    1. skif8013 Rank
      skif8013
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      23 July 2021 07: 02
      Quote: aszzz888
      I give free advice to the merciatos. Put this bastard at the pier and drive the tourists. What no grandmother you beat off. laughing

      They are maniacs, the main thing for them is to make it more expensive. As with the penguins, stupidly cut the dough.
      1. raw174 Rank
        raw174
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        23 July 2021 07: 18
        Quote: skif8013
        They are maniacs, the main thing for them is to make it more expensive. As with the penguins, stupidly cut the dough.

        I don't think they care about the price. The USA today is a world financial center and they are not particularly constrained by money. And t / n "penguin", for today, is the only aircraft of the 5th generation, which has real combat experience. You should not consider the Yankees fools and inept ...
        1. skif8013 Rank
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          23 July 2021 07: 59
          Quote: raw174
          Quote: skif8013
          They are maniacs, the main thing for them is to make it more expensive. As with the penguins, stupidly cut the dough.

          I don't think they care about the price. The USA today is a world financial center and they are not particularly constrained by money. And t / n "penguin", for today, is the only aircraft of the 5th generation, which has real combat experience. You should not consider the Yankees fools and inept ...

          I do not consider them clumsy. But the cost of a penguin in the purchase and even more so for the operation, just for the cloud. Despite the fact that there are almost 1000 claims on the plane itself. Although your truth is that this is still the only combat model.
        2. Sergey Averchenkov Rank
          Sergey Averchenkov
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          23 July 2021 15: 58
          Of course not, they should be hated.
    2. sabakina Rank
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      23 July 2021 08: 19
      Quote: aszzz888
      I give free advice to the merciatos. Put this bastard at the pier and drive the tourists. What no grandmother you beat off. laughing

      Sheriff, and we already carry such tourists along the Volga! The other day I was driving along the embankment, at first I didn't even understand what it was ... laughing
      1. aszzz888 Rank
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        23 July 2021 08: 50

        sabakina (Vyacheslav (Kostroma))
        Today, 08: 19
        Vyacheslav, maybe the Merikatos has already secretly sold some unnecessary "Zumvolt", it was reshaped and tourists are being rolled along the Volga Mother! wink
    3. Cat Alexandrovich Rank
      Cat Alexandrovich
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      23 July 2021 08: 29
      Keep it up! More admirals - more offers! Uryayaya!
    4. knn54 Rank
      knn54
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      23 July 2021 09: 01
      -proposed a NEW option.
      Have created a MULTI-PURPOSE destroyer on your head.
      On the radar screens, a boat is visible as 12 m, with a length of more than 180 m.
      They won't have time to "chase" poachers and pirates.
      The Zumvolt was designed for X-band radars (8-18 GHz), while the Russian army is intensively equipped with anti-stealth detection and targeting devices operating on millimeter waves (30 MHz - 3 GHz) and they REALLY see ships and airplanes, no matter what "exotic" shape they are.
  2. tralflot1832 Rank
    tralflot1832
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    23 July 2021 06: 53
    As according to Raikin, are there problems with the launch cells? No! The problem with the hypersonic missile rammers! Then this is not for us! But seriously? Can't create you high-energy fuel? Since they can't fit into the cell's dimensions. this wunderdisappointment on VO will be present. China, too, does not stand still. Gives only information that she wants to give.
  3. Sonmaster Rank
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    23 July 2021 07: 10
    The most effective use of these vessels is high-tech stealth targets for testing the effectiveness of new weapons for the destruction of promising stealth vessels ... wassat
  4. Max PV Rank
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    23 July 2021 07: 11
    "Zamvolty" are irons without a handle - it hurts to carry, and it's a pity to throw it away. So they are trying to adapt at least for something.
    1. Silver bullet Rank
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      23 July 2021 07: 29
      The captain of "Zamvolt" has caught a goldfish, he is happy, he thinks now I will make a wish for the "iron" to become a normal ship. The fish looks at him doomed and asks "Are you the captain of Zamvolt?", He happily nods his head "Yes", and she says to him "Then just kill."
  5. seregin-s1 Rank
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    23 July 2021 07: 19
    Give them to Hollywood, let them make films. There's a lot of money in Hollywood!)
  6. Thrifty Rank
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    23 July 2021 07: 23
    Why did they build it then, if they don't know how to use it? To convert these irons into tourist irons, to carry onlookers across the seas and oceans ...
    1. abrakadabre Rank
      abrakadabre
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      23 July 2021 07: 41
      To convert these irons into tourist ones, to carry onlookers across the seas-oceans ...
      To convert them into submarine missile carriers. Why waste time on trifles.
  7. askort154 Rank
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    23 July 2021 07: 29
    According to Roy Kitchener, they could be turned into test platforms.

    As targets. good
  8. Avior Rank
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    23 July 2021 08: 01
    One of the main problems of the Zamwolts is that they were equipped with new mk58 UVPs, larger than mk41 in size, but no weapons for these new cells, allowing them to take advantage of their sizes, have appeared over all these years.
    Although potentially this could be a whole group - missile defense missiles that ensure the defeat of ICBMs, ultra-long range air defense missiles and anti-ship missiles, missile packages for high-precision strikes on the coast based on guided missiles based on unguided missiles - a lot, in short.
    But- could not do ...
  9. grandfather_Kostya Rank
    grandfather_Kostya
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    23 July 2021 08: 53
    A very fruitful idea if two "stealths" are to shoot at each other: one tests the attack weapon, the other the defense weapon. I am with both hands "FOR"!
  10. Reserve buildbat Rank
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    23 July 2021 14: 41
    "But again the problem has arisen: the missile silos on the Zumwalt do not match the size of the US-developed hypersonic missile weapons."
    That is, now they propose to shovel destroyers in order to insert suitable cells? It is right. This I approve. 4 yards per destroyer already, but reworking another couple of yards for each will require and the mattresses will receive 4 highly specialized test platforms at 6-7 yards apiece. laughing
  11. riwas Rank
    riwas
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    24 July 2021 04: 49
    A suitcase without a handle. It's a pity to throw it away, but it's still not possible to find a practical application.