Here's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, U.S. "Battleship" Missile Destroyer

Here's arleigh burke class destroyers, the u.s battleship guided missile destroyer. The arleigh burke class of guided missile destroyers DDGS is a united states navy class of destroyer built around the aegis combat system in the SPY-1D multi-function passive electronically scanned ra radar. The class is named for admiral arleigh burke, an American destroyer officer in World War II and later chief of naval operations.

These warships were designed as multi-mission destroyers, able to fulfill the strategic land strike role with tomahawk missiles, anti-aircraft warfare, AAW, roll with powerful Aegis radar and surface-to-air missiles and to submarine warfare ASW with towed sonar array and to submarine rockets an ASW helicopter an anti-surface warfare asuw with harpoon missile launcher.

With upgrades to their in SPY-1 phased radar systems and their associated missile payloads as part of the aegis ballistic missile defense system. The ships of this class have also begun to demonstrate some promise as mobile anti-ballistic missile and anti-satellite weaponry platforms. Operating on 15 ships as of march 2009. Some versions of the class no longer have the towed sonar or harpoon missile launcher. their hull and superstructure were designed to have a reduced radar cross section.

The first ship of the class was commissioned on the 4th of July 1991. With the decommissioning of the last spruance class destroyer USS Cushing on the 21st of September 2005. The arleigh burke class ships became the us navy's only active destroyers until the zumwalt class became active in 2016. The arleigh burke class has the longest production run for any Post-World War II US Navy surface combatant.

Besides the 62 vessels of this class comprising 21 of flight eye 7 of flight 2 and 34 of flight IIA in service by 2016, up to a further 42 of flight 3 have been envisioned. With an overall length of 505 to 509.5 feet 153.9 to 155.3 meters. Displacement ranging from 8230 to 9700 tons and weaponry including over 90 missiles. The arleigh burke class are larger and more heavily armed than most previous ships classified as guided missile cruisers.

With the development of the Tomahawk Block V, all existing block IV tomahawks carried converted to the block V version and become dual role missiles with anti-ship capability along with their land attack role. The tomahawk can be carried in much larger numbers than the harpoon and has a much larger warhead. The class's RIM-7 Sea Sparrow RIM 162 ESSM missiles provide point defense against missiles and aircraft.

The standard missile SM-2 and SM-6 provide area anti-aircraft defense. The SM-6 provides over-the-horizon missile defense. The standard missile 3 and 6 also provide ballistic missile defense BMD, so vital has the aegis ballistic missile defense system bmd role of the class become that all ships of the class are being updated with bmd capability. The flight 3 variant is in the design phase as of 2013.

In june 2013, the US Navy awarded 6.2 billion dollars in destroyer contracts, up to 42 flight 3 ships may be procured by the US Navy with the first ship entering service in 2023. They will leverage technologies in use on other platforms such as the Zumwalt-Class destroyer littoral combat ship and Gerald R Ford class aircraft carrier.