So, the U.S. Navy has a new stealth destroyer

[robkelk]

A stealth destroyer. Wasn't that the silly gadget that drove one of the Bond movies from the '90s?

However, the balance of cool is restored by the name of its captain...

http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/ge ... try-125072
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[ordnance11]

Call sign "Tiberiius" for the CO..hehe.
Pssible future armament..rail guns or free electron lasers. Looking at the size of her..she's bigger than a cruiser. I'd call her a pocket battleship.
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[Foxboy]

Huh. Is this the Zumwalt itself, or another name?
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[ordnance11]

DG-1000 is the lead ship of the class. So it is called the USS Zumwalt.
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell