On board the USS Zumwalt, the Navy's pricey new battleship

its called a battleship, a cruiser, a destroyer and a ship of the line

mhhhhh

Why does that warship design reminds me of ironclad?

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Its actually junk an look where it is now just another example of $ laundering !

God that’s an ugly ship

Its so ugly smh. Modern warships are Dogwater.

Capitan Kirk?

I know this video is five years old now but watching this vid and reading some of the comments made me realize something. Why isn't the US Navy re-naming these things to Guided Missile Cruisers (CG) and re-starting production with the now-totally-useless front gun turrets replaced with more VLS cells? The Ticos are not only way too old...but they are actively being decommissioned and scrapped as we speak because of their age. And not only are they being scrapped, but a replacement Cruiser program HASN'T EVEN BEEN STARTED YET!!! We are decommissioning and scrapping the Ticos without any replacement available now or in the near future, and the Navy claims that Arleigh-Burkes can't simply take over the mission that the Ticos perform in a Carrier Strike Group. So why not do exactly what I just suggested?

It was all of the cutting-edge tech and the reduction in procurement numbers that drove the price of these things to ridiculous levels and got the program cancelled. But today all of that tech is far more mature than it was when the Zumwalt program started. Moreover, now that we KNOW the front guns are literally useless chunks of wasted steel, they can be removed from the plans and the front of the ship can be redesigned to carry even more VLS cells and a conventional 5" gun in a stealthy mount for protection from small surface vessels. How is this not the perfect solution? Instead of starting a new CG development program from scratch, we are simply re-starting Zumwalt production with a new classification (CGs instead of DDGs) and a new mission set.

One of the reasons why the Arleigh-Burkes supposedly can't take over the Tico's mission is a lack of space onboard the DDGs. Well, as this video shows, the Zumwalts have TONS of room on board. I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of doing this so why hasn't it gotten more traction in Congress and in the Navy? I've never heard of ANY discussions...even tentative ones...to convert the Zumwalts to Cruisers and restart production immediately in order to replace the aging, dilapidated Ticos. It seems like the damn perfect solution to me.

Doing so would not only fix the problem of a lack of Cruisers, but it will totally change the narrative on these things. They would go from overpriced turds with useless guns and no clear mission to the most advanced Guided Missile Cruisers on planet Earth. And because Congress and the Navy has already decided that more Zumwalts will NOT be replacing Arleigh-Burkes moving forward, the next Destroyer (DDG) is going to be designed and built from scratch anyway. So now instead of designing and building both the next gen Destroyers AND the next gen Cruisers from scratch...which would be insanely expensive and extremely risky...we simply re-start Zumwalt production with minor changes to the design to become our next Cruisers and only have to design and build the next DDGs from scratch.

...and never one that was so useless
...and never one that made Admirals so rich.

I don't think we have any battleships any longer.

Not a Battleship.

ah yes the uss zoom walt thats a battleship

At least the ship is commanded by Captain James Kirk.

That's ship sucks trust me.

Did he say "captian James Kirk" ? brillaint!

ok if pelosi gets shot down then what?

NOT a battleship.

No that is fake destroyer have 3 gun turret and not no cannon I know that is a CGI because battleshups and destroyers have turrets

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ZUMWALT is not a battleship.

James Kirk, nice

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Not a Battleship

Four billion for a surface ship? PT Barnum was right.

Six years later, it has been proven as the most expensive white elephant ever built.

Looks like 1970s attempt at a modern ship 🚢 after seeing avengers or Star Trek US navy ships
🚢 leave a lot to desire.

Its not a battle ship dumm goof balls.

Seeing this beauty made little 12 year old me want to join the navy

sickening

CAPTAIN JAMES KIRK.

James T Kirk?

Not a battleship. This is a tincan not a battleship.

It’s a DESTROYER!!!!! My buddy who is assigned on the Zumwalt stated, that the technology and weapons that this ship has is so futuristic it’s almost unbelievable. He won’t say what or how, but says….sleep tight, it’s a ship to be reckoned with. That ship can do things that are only in movies and beyond. ❤❤❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸! Yeah yeah yeah…..it’s expensive, but I guarantee the Chinese and Russians don’t have anything close to this. Good Luck sinking it! I sleep better knowing it’s on the water!

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It’s not built to be pretty. It’s built for task and purpose. All weap systems are designed to spec. modular.
My sons built this ship. They are proud of their work. And I am proud to be their father 🇺🇸

Was his name actually James Kirk ? Did I hear that right if so that's awesome!

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Complete industrial waste 😂 spent 7 billion US dollars (considering R&D costs). As a result, combat effectiveness garbage is dying. New technology is not equal to combat effectiveness, but like a piece of iron garbage 😂

Çan ordinary AP and HE shells be made for the big guns?

It looks like many people beat me to the punch, reminding CBS evening news that this is a destroyer. It is not a battleship. And presently, the U.S. Navy is not operating any battleships. Come on CBS, terminology matters.

ALL OF THEM ARE FOR SALE !! I’m not joking !

The bring back the iowa’s . This thing is crap.

The ship doesn't get the USS Title until the commissioning is performed. Millions more are being spent on these ships currently at HII Pascagoula where I work. I support 1000 and 1002. 1001 will be here after after one of the two are returned to the Navy

Obscene waste of money!

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