After three years in dry dock, the destroyer USS Zumwalt with hypersonic speeds Conventional Prompt Strike-Rockets equipped and will be phased out for the first time this year.
The information was taken from the website Naval News published and cites a statement from the US Navy captain Clint LawlerHead of the Ships Program Zumwalt-Class.
The Destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) will return to service in 2026 after three years in dry dock. During this period, the hypersonic weapon systems Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) installed.
Once the work is completed, the ship’s systems will be restored and the ship is scheduled to undergo a full CPS system test cycle. Upon returning to active duty, USS Zumwalt be the first US Navy ship armed with hypersonic missiles.
In addition to the USS Zumwalt, the other destroyers of the Zumwalt-Class that USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) and the USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002), upgraded to the same standard.
The range of conventional Prompt Strikemissiles have not been disclosed, but it is known that the system uses a warhead similar to that of the ground-based hypersonic missile system Dark Eagle — C-HGB (Common Hypersonic Glide Bodies) is similar.
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