{"id":55582,"date":"2020-10-21T14:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/21\/all-us-navy-destroyers-will-get-hypersonic-missiles-trumps-national-security-advisor-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:05:26","slug":"all-us-navy-destroyers-will-get-hypersonic-missiles-trumps-national-security-advisor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2020\/10\/21\/all-us-navy-destroyers-will-get-hypersonic-missiles-trumps-national-security-advisor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"All US Navy destroyers will get hypersonic missiles, says Trump\u2019s national security adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, Maine \u2014 The U.S. Navy plans to put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2020\/10\/13\/us-developed-hypersonic-missile-hit-within-six-inches-of-target-army-secretary-reports\/\" target=_blank>hypersonic missiles<\/a> on all Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, President Donald Trump\u2019s top national security official said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy wants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/the-drift\/2019\/11\/15\/dont-get-too-hyper-about-hypersonics-the-drift-season-ii-vol-i\/\" target=_blank>to field<\/a> hypersonic missiles first on the Virginia-class attack submarine, then on the new Zumwalt-class destroyers, and then finally across the Burkes, national security adviser Robert O\u2019Brien told an audience at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Navy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2019\/08\/05\/for-defense-industry-giants-theres-plenty-of-room-in-the-hypersonic-arena\/\" target=_blank>Conventional Prompt Strike<\/a> program will provide hypersonic missile capability to hold targets at risk from longer ranges,\u201d O\u2019Brien said in prepared remarks. \u201cThis capability will be deployed first on our newer Virginia-class submarines and the Zumwalt-class destroyers. Eventually, all three flights of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers will field this capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2019\/06\/30\/navy-eyes-new-launchers-on-stalwart-destroyers-for-putting-hypersonics-afloat\/\" target=_blank>has discussed<\/a> back-fitting some of the older Burke-class destroyers, but putting them on all three flights, including ships dating back to the early 1990s, would be a massive expansion of the capability in the surface fleet. The current launchers are not large enough to accommodate the larger diameter missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swapping out the launchers on all the destroyers would be a significant expense and would likely tie up shipyards for years to come. An alterative to back-fitting the older destroyers would be waiting for a smaller hypersonic missile to be developed, such as an air-breathing model, as opposed to the boost-glide design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to get more firepower on ships is a crucial push for the Navy as it considers the challenge of keeping China at arms length in the Asia-Pacific region. Another idea under consideration is to put larger Vertical Launching System cells on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2020\/10\/13\/the-us-navy-is-eyeing-a-next-generation-destroyer-from-a-new-design\/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20The%20U.S.%20Navy%20is,service's%20top%20officer%20said%20Tuesday.\" target=_blank>next-generation surface combatant<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense News is travelling with O\u2019Brien as he seeks support for a plan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2020\/10\/06\/with-its-fleet-of-2045-the-us-militarys-chief-signals-hes-all-in-on-sea-power\/\" target=_blank>first unveiled<\/a> by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, that could see the Navy\u2019s fleet grow to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2020\/09\/24\/the-pentagon-is-eyeing-a-500-ship-navy-documents-reveal\/\" target=_blank>more than 500 ships<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInvestment in the future is vital. Lightly and unmanned vessels equipped with artificial intelligence are likely to play a role in the future of our nation\u2019s fleet,\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cThe same is true of the small amphibious ships necessary to move [Marine Commandant Gen. David] Berger\u2019s Marine littoral regiments around the islands of the Indo-Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his comments, O\u2019Brien pledged that the push for the Battle Force 2045 plan would be accomplished without eating into readiness, saying: \u201cThe pursuit of these new systems, however, cannot be allowed to cause a \u2018trough\u2019 in force structure, whereby the nation endures reduced capability while we wait for future technologies and new ships to come online. Any such plan that trades current capability for future out-year promises is not acceptable to the president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Brien\u2019s speech came the same day Forbes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/craighooper\/2020\/10\/21\/former-navy-leader-tom-modly-opens-fire-on-battle-force-2045\/#11956cb6d5dc\" target=_blank>printed comments<\/a> from Thomas Modly, the former acting Navy secretary, which threw skepticism at the Battle Force 2045 concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esper and O\u2019Brien hatched the idea in a private meeting \u201cto discuss Navy strategy and shipbuilding, but no one from the Navy to include myself, the CNO, the Commandant, or any senior three-star involved in developing the shipbuilding plans budget were invited,&#8221; claimed Modly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/04\/07\/navy-secretary-resigns-capping-24-hour-theodore-roosevelt-fiasco\/\" target=_blank>who resigned in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMath is a very stubborn thing,&#8221; Modly added. \u201cIf you are going to increase the size of the fleet from 275 to 355, or 500, and you aren\u2019t going to increase the Navy\u2019s top line to pay for it, you\u2019ve merely created a mathematical challenge for yourself that cannot be solved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All three flights of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are going to get the weapons, according to Robert O&#8217;Brien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":16,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news","home","left-column","middle-column"],"primary_category":"your-military"},"7":{"categories":["your-navy","news","home","daily-news-roundup","newsletters","left-column","middle-column"],"primary_category":"your-navy"}}},"categories":[160,11,16,36,48],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3361],"class_list":["post-55582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-global","category-naval","category-newsletters","category-the-americas"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"TRV2QI3BVJC3TAEQQIAJBSSQIE","arc_canonical_url":"\/naval\/2020\/10\/21\/all-us-navy-destroyers-will-get-hypersonic-missiles-trumps-national-security-advisor-says\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>All US Navy destroyers will get hypersonic missiles, says Trump\u2019s national security adviser - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All three flights of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are going to get the weapons, according to Robert O&#039;Brien.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"All US Navy destroyers will get hypersonic missiles, says Trump\u2019s national security adviser\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All three flights of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are going to get the weapons, according to Robert O&#039;Brien.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2020\/10\/21\/all-us-navy-destroyers-will-get-hypersonic-missiles-trumps-national-security-advisor-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-21T14:16:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T00:05:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David B. 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