Destroyer Plan Changes Increase Carrier Costs

The U.S. Navy’s decision to truncate its DDG-1000 Zumwalt destroyer fleet and curb radar tests and development on those ships is adding costs to the service’s next-generation aircraft carrier program, as defense analysts and others had warned. Initially, the Zumwalt destroyers and carriers were to...

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