but first there are there are some details that need to be hammered out for replacing the trusty Arleigh Burke-class ships the service has fielded since the early 90s—and plans to keep in the ...

Service: USN Armament: Standard Missile (SM-2MR); Vertical Launch ASROC missiles ... of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replacing the older Charles F.

According to the U.S. Navy, each Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has been “built around the Aegis Combat System,” and the vessels continue to be “the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s surface ...