DD(X): A lethal warship leads the way to the Navy's future fleet

From: Sea Power | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Imagine, as a future expeditionary strike group commander, having a warship to employ against virtually any land, air, or sea threat. Launching hypersonic precision missiles that can strike enemy strategic centers of gravity with surgical accuracy hundreds of miles inland. Ordering responsive surface fires that could overwhelm enemy encampments, destroy targets of tactical interest, or suppress enemy ground forces up to 100 miles away. Fighting with netted, next-generation multiwarfare systems designed to exploit and dominate littoral environments on, above, and below the ocean's surface. It ...

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