As a new warship of the South China Sea Fleet, the development trend of the Zumwalt class destroyer undoubtedly means that the United States has made great progress in shipbuilding technology. The cost of Zumwalt class destroyer has reached billions of dollars, and the representative hidden hull design scheme has won it the title of "science fiction warship". In addition to the outstanding stealth technology, the Zumwalt class destroyer also uses more core technologies, mainly including MK57 excellent vertical launching equipment, excellent aerial gun system software (AGS), and dual stock band radar detection. With the application of many new technologies, the Zumwalt class destroyer has become the representative ship of the US South China Sea Fleet.
The Zumwalt class destroyer has been affected by extreme environmental factors, such as Iran's huge war cost budget, high international crude oil prices and steel prices, and the soaring cost caused by the integration of various new technologies, but the necessary combat economic benefits brought by high prices are not so obvious. Spend a lot of money to develop and design many new technologies, not just combat-related projects (combat system, detection and shooting control, finger tube communication, weapons, etc.). Almost all of them are brand-new upgrades and development designs, but the hull platform design scheme and the promotion of electromechanical engineering, which are not directly related to the combat mission itself, are also many development designs that set a precedent for the US South China Sea Fleet. The proportion of innovation and technology is too high, which usually leads to the rise and out of control of the national defense security military force plan.
Due to the engineering cost, the engineering cost of many Zumwalt class destroyers with new technologies has been rising continuously. It has reached more than 4 billion dollars, which even the powerful United States can't afford. It is planned to be completed in 32 years. Zhang Zeng, a famous military commentator in China, speculated that this class of ships will be completed within three years. Indeed, the zumwalt class that netizens talked about was destroyed by the bureau for 30 years. Nowadays, the development trend of the world economy is slowing down, and the economically depressed United States urgently needs a brand-new Ford-class aircraft carrier to revive the glory of the Zumwalt-class destroyer.