However, the DDG(X ... Phalanx has a rate of fire reaching 4,500 rounds per minute. On new ships, Phalanx systems will be replaced by the RIM-116 RAM missile system. All these — quite ...

Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replacing the older Charles F. Adams and Farragut class guided missile ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s DDG(X) program aims to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer, set to succeed the aging Arleigh Burke-class and Ticonderoga-class warships.

The guided missile destroyer USS Gravely is being deployed to the southern border to counter illegal immigration, drug and ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer has been deployed to help "restore territorial integrity at the U.S. southern border" as part of ...