The U.S. Navy is giving its Zumwalt-class destroyer a major upgrade by turning it into the first Navy ship capable of launching hypersonic missiles.
This retrofit taking place at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, replaces the Zumwalt’s old gun turrets with new missile tubes.
Once the work is finished, the USS Zumwalt and its two sister ships will be able to conduct precision strikes over long distances at speeds far beyond current weapons...