9700 tons, Aegis and SPY-6: the Americans got a combat ship worthy of the 21st century

Zdjęcie: Niszczyciel Arleigh Burke


In aviation you see a fresh silhouette, in drones you see a fresh wing layout, in tanks you can point to a fresh turret or active protection. On the seas and oceans it is sometimes different. That's why I sometimes find it hard to describe these "non-intergenerational warships" well, as they live their lives of seemingly tiny upgrades over full decades. That's why I look at more destroyers [...]