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US guided missile destroyer built of the future
Rumors that the new US Navy destroyer USS «Zumwalt» will be launched next spring, proved greatly exaggerated.
Having a very unexpected move, US Navy yesterday lowered its water from stocks in Bath, Maine.
"This is the largest ship that has ever been created at the shipyard Bath Iron Works, and the biggest destroyer of the US Navy. His descent was unprecedented in its scale and complexity, "said Captain Jim Downey, who oversees the program create a class ships Zumwalt.
"But thanks to careful planning and execution, everything went very smoothly," - he said.
It is expected that the ship will reach its full operating capacity - that is, get a fully staffed and trained team, and will be prepared for combat operations - to the beginning of 2016.
And given that the USS Zumwalt can generate up to 78 megawatts of power, there is a greater chance that it will become the basis for testing top-secret program to build Navy railgun prototype system capable of launching shells at a rate seven times greater than the speed of sound.
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Having a very unexpected move, US Navy yesterday lowered its water from stocks in Bath, Maine.
"This is the largest ship that has ever been created at the shipyard Bath Iron Works, and the biggest destroyer of the US Navy. His descent was unprecedented in its scale and complexity, "said Captain Jim Downey, who oversees the program create a class ships Zumwalt.
"But thanks to careful planning and execution, everything went very smoothly," - he said.
It is expected that the ship will reach its full operating capacity - that is, get a fully staffed and trained team, and will be prepared for combat operations - to the beginning of 2016.
And given that the USS Zumwalt can generate up to 78 megawatts of power, there is a greater chance that it will become the basis for testing top-secret program to build Navy railgun prototype system capable of launching shells at a rate seven times greater than the speed of sound.
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