New US Navy Destroyer is too stealthy for peacetime

The U.S. Navy’s new Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer (DDG 1000) is so covert that during normal peacetime operations its crew plan to sail with giant reflectors — reflective cylinders hoisted in the air — to ensure other ships can see it. A lobsterman in Maine, Lawrence Pye, told The Associated Press that during a recent …

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