David Axe>Behind the Navy’s Stealth Destroyer Shuffle

Nice summary of the willfully obfuscated situation with DDG-1000 by War Bots: How U.S. Military Robots Are Transforming War in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Future author David Axe.

Behind the Navy’s Stealth Destroyer Shuffle | Danger Room from Wired.com
Meanwhile, the company that makes the DDG-1000’s radar says that the Navy is wrong. The new destroyer can use air-defense missiles after a few, relatively cheap modifications, Raytheon claims. The company is lobbying hard to keep the ship class alive. Despite this, the DDG-1000 program is unlikely to extend beyond the three vessels. That third ship was the Navy’s consolation prize to Congress and the defense industry.

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