Zumwalt 급 구축함 진수 : Navy's largest destroyer

It is so big that Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics subsidiary, built a 106-foot-tall, $40 million "Ultra Hall" to accommodate its large hull segments. The ship is 100 feet longer than the existing class of destroyers.

It features an unusual wave-piercing hull, electric drive propulsion, advanced sonar and guided missiles, and a new gun that fires rocket-propelled warheads as far as 100 miles. Unlike warships with towering radar- and antenna-laden superstructures, the Zumwalt will ride low to the water to minimize its radar signature, making it stealthier than others.

Originally envisioned for shore bombardment, the ship's size and power plant that can produce 78 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 78,000 homes - make it a potential platform for futuristic weapons like the electromagnetic rail gun, which uses a magnetic field and electric current to fire a projectile at seven times the speed of sound.

* 기사에 나와 있듯이 일단 기존의 구축함들보다 훨씬 대형이며(그럼에도 불구하고 연안에서 작전하고 타격하는 것을 목적으로 제작 덕분에 스텔스 성과 장거리 포격 능력에 주력을 두었습니다) 강력한 전력 공급 장치를 가지고 있는데 아무래도 장기적으로 레일건에 대한 염두를 두고 있는 것으로 보입니다.