The Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers will be mounted with experimental hypersonic weapon systems, but what makes this technology so lethal?
Guinness World Records reports that the world's fastest destroyer was France's menacingly-named Le Terrible, which hit 45.25 knots in 1935. In comparison, the modern frigate the HMS Sutherland ...
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However, a destroyer's defensive capacities would be compromised if it was routinely outstripped by its targets. Guinness World Records reports that the world's fastest destroyer was France's ...