The Navy Wants to Put Lasers on Zumwalt Destroyers

The U.S. Navy could be on the verge of radically rearming its tiny fleet of stealth destroyers. U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday wants to transform the three Zumwalt-class destroyers, once built to attack targets on shore with precision-guided deck guns, into long-range strike platforms equipped with hypersonic weapons and laser guns.