The Zumwalt’s have been relegated to a career as testbed ships. There’s only going to be 3 of them. They’ll eventually mount a rail-gun on them and test a bunch of next-gen electronics. But the fruit of that testing will be mounted on a cheaper-design ship. Those ships will presumably be built in greater numbers and be more likely to be successful from the outset.
Yeah. That was what they said about the F22.
Was going to be supplemented by a LOT of F35’s that would be a LOT cheaper.