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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
“You know, she is almost 16,000 tons, 610 feet long, about 81 feet abeam, you imagine that everything must be spacious,” said Capt. James Kirk, Zumwalt’s prospective commanding officer. “But when you get on her, you realize she is packed full of the equipment necessary to operate her and give her the capability to fight.”
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James Kirk? Really!?
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Originally Posted by ikalugin
I wonder why they have changed the close in weapons  |
To reduce the weight, they said. Reading in the page linked by Neal Stevens they also explained that the 57 mm capabilities were overestimated while the 37 mm capabilities were underestimated.