Ohio-class submarines represent one leg of America’s nuclear triad of atomic weapons. Serving as the backbone of U.S. national security, this triad consists of land, sea, and air-based capabilities. According to this strategy, these assets provide around-the-clock deterrence to prevent catastrophic actions from adversaries across the globe.
A Mississippi shipyard is set to install the first long range hypersonic weapons on a U.S. warship in an upcoming repair period, USNI News has learned. According to a Friday pre-solicitation notice from Naval Sea Systems Command, the Navy has selected Ingalls Shipbuilding for a dry-dock period for guided-missile destroyers USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) USS Michael […]
The most recent plan for adding hypersonic weapons to the Zumwalt-class guided-missile will involve removing the two massive 155 mm Advanced Gun Systems aboard the trio of destroyers, the Zumwalt program manager told USNI News on Wednesday. In October of next year, USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is expected to enter a maintenance availability that will include […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s enough space and weight margin aboard the Zumwalt-class destroyers to install two tubes for hypersonic missiles without removing the ship’s 155mm gun mounts, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told USNI News last month. By 2025, the first 16,000-ton Zumwalt-class destroyer will have at least two sets of missile tubes […]