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The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-Class Comeback Comes Down to 2 Words: Hypersonic Missiles
Summary: The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is undergoing significant modernization, with its 155mm advanced gun system (AGS) removed to integrate Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missiles.
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The destroyer Zumwalt's big guns don't have any ammo and the Navy may ditch them entirely because they don't even work right
The two 155 mm guns of the Advanced Gun System on the Zumwalt, intended to strike targets farther than 80 miles away. But it's are ridiculously expensive to fire, as a single Long Range Land ...
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The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Nightmare Had to End
The Navy constructed the Zumwalt-class destroyers around a pair of 155mm. Advanced Gun Systems (AGS) and rapid-fire six-inch guns are capable of firing the new Long Range Land Attack Projectile ...
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Stealth destroyer Zumwalt 'locked and loaded'
Three Zumwalt-class destroyers – hull numbers DDG ... Their advanced weapon system comprises a 155mm naval gun that fires 600 rounds in 30 minutes and has a range of 83 nautical miles (154 ...