Please Stop Calling the Zumwalt Stealth Destroyer a “Battleship”

November 30, 2021 Topic: Zumwalt Stealth Destroyer Region: Americas Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: RussiaChinaMilitaryTechnologyWorldNavyBattleship

Please Stop Calling the Zumwalt Stealth Destroyer a “Battleship”

The DDG-1000 is a gee-whiz but modestly armed surface combatant optimized for one mission: shore bombardment.

by James Holmes

This article first appeared in 2015.

Image: U.S. Navy photo