What has been described as the most transformational warship in the U.S. Navy has been transformed again. USS Zumwalt (DDG ...

Procurement was shut down two years ago, leaving the Zumwalt without any ammunition to fire. That's not the only problem. The gun also lacks the desired range, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday.

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The Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program manager this week said the first ship to get the new hypersonic missile system ...

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000). The aforementioned 155mm gun mount has been removed and replaced with the launcher tubes. Work will be completed on DDG-1000 and testing of the hypersonic launchers will ...

Newly released pictures offer the first real look at the four new large launch tubes for firing Intermediate-Range ...

Giving Zuwmalt the capability to fire hypersonic missiles means the removal of the ship's big guns. (Janes/Michael ... on guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is on track, according ...

Many indications point to the American ship USS Zumwalt ... were armed with the Advanced Gun System (AGS), capable of firing precision-guided rocket-propelled ammunition within 72 miles.

The first shipborne hypersonic weapon A view of USS Zumwalt's bow where hypersonic ... but ballooning manufacturing costs made the ammunition for the guns ridiculously expensive.

The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have installed missile tubes that replace twin turrets from a gun system that was never activated because it was too expensive.

Following this, new decks and systems were installed around the missile tubes, while the Zumwalt’s rear gun mount remains intact, featuring auto-loading systems and magazines. In another exciting ...