How US Navy Made The Most Successful Destroyer ... But Now Has to Replace it.

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Play War Thunder for FREE on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Download the game and get your exclusive bonus now: https://playwt.link/NotWhatYouThink Believe it or not, budgetary politics played as much role in designing the Arleigh Burke class destroyer as naval engineers did. So let's take a look at the entire story of how the Burke-class came to be while focusing on the most revolutionary part - the Aegis Combat System. This is #notwhatyouthink #nwyt #longs Music: The League - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen To the Last Man - Jon Bjork Wet Exit - Addie Horner Flightmode - Chris Shards As History Unfolds - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Floating Kite - Tellsonic Shoot to Pay - Elliot Holmes 1978 - Tellsonic For the History Books - Alec Slayne Pink Gloves - J.F. Gloss Uncharted Planet - FormantX 00:00 Introduction 00:47 High-Low Mix Philosophy 3:40 The Arleigh "Brick" Nickname 5:48 How Burke-Class Differs from Previous Classes 7:21 Revolution #1: Spy-1 Radar vs Legacy Radar 9:01 Revolution #2: Vertical Launch System vs Above Deck Launcher 10:44 Revolution #3: Reaction Time 11:17 Evolution of Arleigh Burke-class 13:23 Why Replace Zumwalt destroyer with Burke Flight III 15:00 Why Flight III is the end of Arleigh Burke-class 18:29 DDG (X) The Next Generation Destroyer Footage: Select images/videos from Getty Images Shutterstock Videoblocks HII National Archives BIW Raytheon US Department of Defense Note: "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement." REFERENCES: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2010/august/looking-back https://newwars.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/revisiting-the-high-low-navy/ https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1994/july/right-ship https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2016/august/naval-history-news https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/july/scotty-i-need-more-power https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2013/january/now-hear-right-destroyer-right-time https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/june/new-air-missile-defense-radar https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/october/aegis-baseline-10-joint-battle-management https://arleighburkeassociation.org/ship/sea-stories/ddg121/ https://news.usni.org/2022/02/02/navy-wants-to-buy-two-arleigh-burkes-a-year-while-developing-ddgx-concept https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-navy-ddgx-a-large-surface-combatant-494236 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/heres-first-look-us-navys-next-generation-destroyer-199848 https://www.quora.com/Is-there-an-upper-limit-to-how-many-simultaneous-missile-launches-can-be-done-using-VLS-on-destroyers-or-cruisers-to-deal-with-saturation-attacks-by-anti-ship-missiles https://newwars.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/revisiting-the-high-low-navy/ https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/july/provide-and-maintain-navy-understanding-business-navy-shipbuilding