The capabilities of Chinese warships has stimulated growing interest in the United States in acquisitions of a next generation destroyer class to replace the ageing Arleigh Burke Class, although the perceived failure of its two post-Cold War surface combatants the Littoral Class combat ship and Zumwalt Class destroyer has raised questions regarding industry’s ability to develop a new ship with a competitive cost and reliable performance.
American Military Industrial Complex decline machine doesn’t go brrrrrr