Showing posts with label Navy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Navy. Show all posts

Monday, November 25, 2013

DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer

     What can one say about the US Navy's new class of destroyer?  So many thoughts. "Groundbreaking", "disappointment", "the way forward", "typical government stupidity run wild".  They all apply. 
     The Zumwalt class has a long and torturous history and now, just as it's coming to fruition, the class is being cut to just three units and even the 3rd won't be up to the standards of the first two.  Undoubtedly I'll expand upon this in a future post but for now here are some pretty nice videos of the first.