December 13, 2024, 9:02 pm
A big development has taken place when it comes to augmenting the capabilities of the US Navy in the realm of hypersonic weapons.
In Aug 2023, the guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Mississippi shipyard to begin a two-year process to install hypersonic missile tubes.
The warship has now been put back in the water after undergoing 14 months of work.
The launchers that will eventually fire Intermediate-Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) hypersonic missiles.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how the Zumwalt class is on its way to getting a major lethality boost with the IRCPS system ?
#defenseupdates #Zumwaltclass #hypersonicmisssile
Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
01:46 THE UPGRADE
03:30 IRCPS
06:18 ANALYSIS
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▶️ Narration by Scott Leffler (scottleffler.com)
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