The destroyer's armament has greatly expanded the role of the ship in strike warfare utilizing the MK-41 Vertical Launch System (VLS). Technological advances have improved the capability of modern ...

larger G-VLS launchers, enabling the launch of new hypersonic missiles. An important modification is the possibility of installing an additional hull section called the Destroyer Payload Module ...

and DDG 1002 steel deckhouse, hangar and aft Peripheral Vertical Launch System (PVLS). Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is responsible for the fabrication of the composite deckhouse ...

In a race similar to the Anglo-German naval buildup before World War I, the US, Japan and China are gearing up to build large ...

It's a Renhai-class destroyer that measures 591-feet long with ... which it can fire from its 112 universal VLS (vertical launch system) tubes. There are 64 tubes positioned near the bow, and ...

According to experts, the latest round of military drills with Type-055 warships is a clear message for China's rivals as it ...

Kim Jong-un appears to be expanding his nuclear arsenal by ordering the secret building of a destroyer warship ... well as the section for the vertical launch system (VLS) both at the bow and ...