The USS Zumwalt, a futuristic guided-missile destroyer that cost American taxpayers $4 billion, is already rusting.
The Zumwalt was commissioned in 2016.
Via Russia Today.
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USS ‘Zumwalt’, a futuristic guided missile destroyer with superior stealth capabilities that cost American taxpayers some $4 billion, is rusting, new photos have revealed.
State-of-the-art stealth tech provides ‘Zumwalt’ with a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite the ship’s length of 190 meters. But even this couldn’t conceal a rust problem with the vessel, which was commissioned in 2016 and has yet to be put in service.
Photos uploaded on social media earlier this week showed some of the destroyer’s radar-absorbent tiles changing color to dark orange and rust covering the vessel’s convex tumblehome hull.
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer coming into San Diego – December 9, 2021 #usszumwalt #ddg1000
* photos courtesy of @cjr1321 pic.twitter.com/cdolINeBZZ
— WarshipCam (@WarshipCam) December 10, 2021
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