Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replacing the older Charles F. Adams and Farragut class guided missile ...

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific ...

A Chinese simulation allegedly showed that a single Type 055 destroyer and escort could weather an Arleigh Burke-class ...

The Navy wants to buy its first next-generation guided missile destroyer by 2032, but first there are there are some details that need to be hammered out for replacing the trusty Arleigh Burke ...

According to the U.S. Navy, each Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has been “built around the Aegis Combat System,” and the vessels continue to be “the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s surface ...

As the U.S. Navy waits for more of its Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyers to join the fleet, existing Flight IIA DDGs will increasingly be taking on the air defense commander role in a carrier ...

It's no wonder that the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer was named the USS Robert Kerrey in his honor, as Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced on Jan. 4, 2025.

Del Toro named the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer the future Intrepid on Friday while aboard the former carrier Intrepid, now part of its namesake museum in New York City.

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the next Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyer will be called USS Intrepid. “It is my pleasure to announce that the fifth vessel named ...

The US Navy (USN) has named its latest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the DDG 146. It will be known as the USS Robert Kerrey. The vessel was named after former US Senator and naval ...