Stealth destroyer, at over $3 billion apiece

[Casino67]

Washington Post:

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The photo shows a rendering of the DDG-1000 Zumwalt, the U.S. Navy's next-generation destroyer. The super-stealthy warship that could underpin the U.S. navy's China strategy will be able to sneak up on coastlines virtually undetected and pound targets with electromagnetic "railguns" right out of a sci-fi movie.

 

 

 

By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, June 4, 5:10 AM

 

 

SINGAPORE — A super-stealthy warship that could underpin the U.S. navy’s China strategy will be able to sneak up on coastlines virtually undetected and pound targets with electromagnetic “railguns” right out of a sci-fi movie.

But at more than $3 billion a pop, critics say the new DDG-1000 destroyer sucks away funds that could be better used to bolster a thinly stretched conventional fleet. One outspoken admiral in China has scoffed that all it would take to sink the high-tech American ship is an armada of explosive-laden fishing boats.

With the first of the new ships set to be delivered in 2014, the stealth destroyer is being heavily promoted by the Pentagon as the most advanced destroyer in history — a silver bullet of stealth. It has been called a perfect fit for what Washington now considers the most strategically important region in the world — Asia and the Pacific.

Though it could come in handy elsewhere, like in the Gulf region, its ability to carry out missions both on the high seas and in shallows closer to shore is especially important in Asia because of the region’s many island nations and China’s long Pacific coast.

 

 

 

[Pepper]

@Casino67

 

 

and if you listen to this, you want to go out and buy one yourself, and maybe pick up one for the little lady, too.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ZRR0iSoXY

[Pepper]

Also flip over to about 3 minutes in for the USS Bill Clinton

 

 

 

Then check out 5 19 in, for the USS Barack Obama (2008 Video)

[Pepper]

PS

 

On that "virtually undetected"

 

It'll never happen with Democrats in charge and a complicit media.

[clearvision]

I dread the day there is the USS Obama.