The US Navy is preparing to take on the 69th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Yesterday, February 7, portal navaltoday.com He reported that the ship USS Daniel Inouye successfully passed the factory and acceptance tests.
The USS Daniel Inouye is a Flight IIA-generation destroyer equipped with the Aegis Baseline 9 combat system, which includes integrated air and missile defense capabilities and advanced ballistic missile defense capabilities. It was laid down in May 2018 and successfully completed factory testing in December last year.
Factory tests of the destroyer USS Daniel Inouye
Modification of the Flight IIA of the Arleigh Burke — class destroyers-a transitional version to the next generation of the Flight III. Ships of this version can shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are being built for the fourth decade and remain one of the most high-tech warships in the world. The destroyers are equipped with artillery and rocket launchers, anti-aircraft artillery, and mine-torpedo weapons. In addition, each of them has a hangar for one or two helicopters (depending on the generation to which a particular ship belongs).
