He’s the only Captain the the US Navy who’d be just a tiny bit bummed when he get promoted to Flag, haha

because they call it a destroyer, even when bigger than our current Ticonderoga

Raytheon in Newport/Portsmith, RI did the systems integration, sonor and radar. Thus they designed the Command and Control suite, which has been described as layout like the starship enterprise by designer, builders and sailors alike.

Guess who can’t fly the F-35? Harambe. Cuz’ he’s not rated for solo flight. (Being dead might also factor into it).

Guns. Ships have guns, not cannons. Naval rifles is also acceptable. =p

Over 1/3rd of it, seeing as all the RDT&E costs must be amortized across only three ships.*

Going out on a limb here but... Costs.

Guess what the F22 isn’t as expensive as... Wait for it... The F35! (And it’s less capable than the Raptor)

Fairly menacing. Still a distant second to the Iowa and similar ships, IMO. Nothing looks cooler than lots of big cannons.

it doesnt have the traditional CWIS guns, but holds her defense missiles in the VLS systems ringing the ship

Since she is the lead ship of the class, I wonder how much of the price include the development costs for remaining ships to be delivered?

It does not have them, from what I understand, they use the SM-2 missile onboard as its interceptor of choice.

Looking for ttyymmnn ht, ht not founds....hmmmmmm

And then there’s the name of her captain - James Kirk.

Well, in theory and in tradition a “cruiser” has 8 inch guns. So by that tradition it’s two 6.1 inch guns makes it a “destroyer”. Montreux Convention for example still ostensibly uses gun caliber and tonnage. This is, of course, absurd as guns are long since secondary weapons and the Tico’s only had 5 inch guns. But,…

You’ve come a long way, baby

I don’t know much about boats but that thing looks badass.

The whole Star Trek 50 series that all of you (Giz, io9, LH) have been doing is fantastic. It shows why Trek has lasted. It’s ultimately about the various ways of being a hu-MON, not just gadgets and whizbangery.

This article has been the very best argument for actually taking the time to watch Start Trek. Really well written and thought out. Thank you.