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The Zumwalt-class destroyer is an ever-growing boondoggle

Hypersonic missiles were supposed to give the ships a purpose. Instead, they brought more procurement issues ...
The following is the July 17, 2026, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Ship Modernization: DoD Needs Comprehensive ...
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...
The Navy's Zumwalt hypersonic upgrade is running two years late, with GAO citing delays in modernization, testing, and ...
The U.S. Navy’s expensive effort to install hypersonic missiles on three Zumwalt-class destroyers is two years behind ...
The GAO determined that the Navy is already roughly two years behind schedule on modernizing the Zumwalt-class destroyers as part of the more than $50 billion hypersonic effort.