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‘Problem After Problem’: The US Navy Planned 32 Zumwalt ‘Stealth’ Destroyers and Built Just Three. Their Guns Needed $1 Million Shells, and the Navy Couldn’t Afford to Fire Them.

19fortyfive.com · published 26 September 2026

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The US Navy Planned 32 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers and Built 3. Each One Cost About $10,600,000,000 With Development Included — More Than 7 Times the Original Estimate — and the 2 155mm Guns on Every Ship Were Never Fired Because Each Shell Reached $800,000. Read at the source ↗

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‘Big Mistake’: The US Navy Built 3 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Around a Gun That Fired a Shell Costing Close to $1,000,000. Standard NATO 155mm Artillery Ammunition Runs About $3,000 a Round. The Navy Never Bought a Single Shell and Has Now Cut the Guns Out of the Ships. Read at the source ↗

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