Navy putting first shipborne hypersonic weapon on vessel once seen as ‘costly blunder’

The Pentagon is working to install the first ever carrier-based hypersonic missile system on a U.S. stealth destroyer that was once thought to be decommissioned. The USS Zumwalt is stationed at a shipyard in Mississippi during renovations. The U.S. Navy is installing missile launch tubes toward the ship's bow, where two inactive gun turrets once […]