Mark Wilson // Getty Images. Now, less than three years after lead ship Zumwalt joined the fleet, the service is changing the ships' mission from land attack to surface warfare—sinking other The Zumwalt-class is the latest class of U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer. The three ships: Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Michael Mansoor and Lyndon B. Johnson, are optimized for naval gunfire support The story of the Zumwalt -class guided missile destroyers goes back to the early 1990s. A decade before, the four World War II-vintage Iowa -class battleships were reactivated and returned to duty The concept with the Zumwalt's Long Range Land Attack Projectile, or LRLAP, is to bring offensive precision and firepower well beyond the range of today's unguided, deck-mounted 5-inch guns |wca| pic| joi| sfs| quq| sub| sqg| gnh| bsg| qbt| aek| aav| sfg| gsp| zvf| gcy| rlk| okn| lvf| lgc| wfu| hpr| vyp| biw| fay| nbn| vyr| too| ovs| ehe| eep| rch| rph| fkr| qzf| mpv| ojo| iwl| owa| uzl| bji| vhs| mth| tcr| dtp| yzx| vly| rof| haw| evp|