2022-03-22 Science & Technology
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Navy to Retrofit 3 New San Diego-Based Warships to Launch Hypersonic Missiles
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[Times of San Diego] The Navy plans to replace the giant guns on three futuristic San Diego-based warships with launchers for new hypersonic missiles.
The USS Zumwalt and USS Michael Monsoor are already in San Diego, and the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson will be based here as well.
According to the nonprofit United States Naval Institute, plans are to remove the two 155mm guns from each destroyer and replace them with missile tubes for the Common Hypersonic Glide Body being developed for the Army, Air Force and the Navy
Few details have been released, but the hypersonic missiles are expected to fly at 17 times the speed of sound to attack targets nearly 2,000 miles away. Unlike ballistic missiles, they will be maneuverable in flight to avoid anti-missile systems.
San Diego-based General Atomics is one of the defense contractors working on the hypersonic program.
Russia and China claim to already have working hypersonic missiles, although U.S. officials say the ones reportedly used against Ukraine were actually traditional ballistic missiles launched from aircraft.
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