See This Picture? Great, So Stop Calling This Stealth Destroyer a Battleship

April 18, 2019 Topic: Security Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: RussiaChinaMilitaryTechnologyWorldNavyBattleship

See This Picture? Great, So Stop Calling This Stealth Destroyer a Battleship

Thank you. And here's why. 

Let’s get some long-range weaponry out there—pronto. No, the DDG-1000 isn’t a stealth battleship. But it should be. And—suitably armed—it could be.

James Holmes is J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and author of “Visualize Chinese Sea Power,” in the current issue of the Naval Institute Proceedings. The views voiced here are his alone.