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.

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...

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 ...