1. Design and Purpose
- Multi-Mission Capability:
- Unlike previous destroyer classes focused on deep-water combat, the Zumwalt class was designed primarily to support ground forces in land attacks, while also performing traditional destroyer roles such as anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine warfare.
- Radar Cross Section: the size of a fishing boat.
2. Series of Refits:
1st Refit (2025):
- Incorporation of LRHW "Dark Eagle" Hypersonic Missile System
2nd Refit (2028):
- Installation of ER-18 Electromagnetic Railgun System (EMRG)
3. Weapon Systems:
LRHW-CHGB "Dark Eagle" Hypersonic Missile (Launched from AUR VLS)
- Range: 3000 km (1600 nautical miles)
- Speed: Mach 17
- Mass: 7400 kg (16.3k lb) x 34.5" diameter
- Role: Surface-to-Surface (Ground and Naval Assets)
ER-18 EMRG System (BAE Systems x Japan Steel Works):
Collaboration Details:
- BAE Systems provided the guidance system and power storage solutions.
- Japan Steel Works constructed the electromagnetic rails.
Specifications:
- Range and Speed: 10 nautical miles (18.25 km) at Mach 7.
- HVP (Hypervelocity Projectile): Depleted Uranium Rods
Capabilities:
- Ground-Strike, Surface-Strike, and Missile Interception.
Rate of Fire: 10 rounds per minute.
Barrel Diameter: 155 mm. (6.1")
RIM-66 Standard MR (SM-2MR)
- Mass: 1,558 lb (707 kg) x 13.5" diameter
- Range: 170 km (91 nautical miles)
- Speed: Mach 3.5
- Role: Medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) with secondary anti-ship capabilities.
RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM)
- Mass:280 kg (617 lb) x 10" diameter
- Speed: Mach 4
- Range: 50 km (27 nautical miles)
- Role: Counter supersonic maneuvering anti-ship missiles.
BGM-109 Tomahawk Block Vb TASM
- Mass: 1600 kg (3500 lb) x 20.4 in diameter
- Speed: Mach 0.74
- Range: 1600 km (860 nautical miles)
- Role: Anti-ship missile.
Mako Multi-Mission Hypersonic Missile
- Mass: 1,300 lb (590 kg) x 13"
- Speed: Mach 5
- Range: 200 nmi (370 km)
- Role: Anti-ship missile. Very Maneuverable.
AGM-158D LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile)
- Mass: 2,760 lb (1,250 kg) x 25"
- Speed: Mach 0.85
- Range: 200 nmi (370 km)
- Role: Anti-ship missile.
- Features: Stealth with AI Guidance System and can be operated without GPS.
- Quicksink version: It targets the water and then detonates near the hull below the waterline. This 'heaves' the ship, breaking it in two or causing otherwise massive damage. Even a near miss would likely result in a 'mission kill' where the ship's systems are disabled to the point that it is no longer combat effective.
RUM-139C VL-ASROC:
- Torpedo: Mark 54 torpedo.
- Speed: 40+ knots.
- Range: 9 km. (4.8 nautical miles)
- Role: Anti-submarine Warfare
Mk.46 30mm GWS:
- Range: 2000 m.
- Rate of Fire: 200 rounds per minute.
SH-60 Seahawk Helicopter:
- Roles: Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), naval special warfare (NSW) insertion, search and rescue (SAR), combat search and rescue (CSAR), vertical replenishment (VERTREP), and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC).
- Weaponry: AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Mark 54 torpedoes.
MQ-8C Fire Scout UAVs (x3):
- Unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance and targeting support.
4. Radar and Targeting Systems:
AN/SPY-3 Radar System (Locating and Targeting):
- Range: 173 nautical miles (320 km).
VSR (Detection and Tracking):
- Range: 480 km. (260 nautical miles)
5. Close-Combat Capabilities:
- Depleted Uranium Sword
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Motto: "I Will Defend"
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