USS Zumwalt Is Running Six Years Late

[longknife]

The USS Zumwalt, the world’s first stealth warship, won’t be ready for any sort of action until the second half of 2021. The six hundred foot long destroyer is six years late and has racked up a total price tag of $7.8 billion dollars. The ship’s two heavy guns, designed to provide long-range gunfire support, are still sidelined by a lack of affordable ammunition.

And, when we build new stuff, it seems we can’t get it right.

Full piece @ War News Updates: USS Zumwalt Is Running Six Years Late

 

[DrainBamage]

All they are right now are really expensive Tomahawk chuckers.

In the future they might among the first ships to mount more advanced weaponry since they've got the juice for it, but currently they are just a technology platform that can lob 40 year old cruise missiles just like so many other destroyers and submarines in USN inventory.