USN CNO wants new destroyer with bigger punch

Haijun watcher · Post by **Haijun watcher** » Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:11 pm

Navy's Top Officer Wants a New Mid-Size Destroyer That Packs a Major Punch
15 Oct 2020
Military.com | By Richard Sisk

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday made a pitch Tuesday for a new class of destroyers (DDGs) that would be smaller than the Zumwalt class but have a larger missile magazine for new types of weapons, including hypersonics.

"I call it 'DDG Next' to kind of right-size it -- smaller than a Zumwalt but packing some heat nonetheless," Gilday said by video during Defense One's State of the Navy event.
"I don't want to build a monstrosity, but I need deeper magazines on ships than I have right now," he said.

So the idea is to come up with a new destroyer smaller than the 16,000-ton, 610-foot Zumwalt, he explained.

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