You give me a credable source that says this will be up and running in 2008 and I'll look into it.
Well, the program has been renamed from DD(X) to DDG-1000, but I persist in calling it DD(X) for some crazy reason, lol.
Anyway, you do have a very good point. It appears that the schedule for delivery of DDG-1000 has experienced slippage since I last looked at it.
Link to website with timeline
Oct 17/06: President George W. Bush signs the FY 2007 defense appropriations bill into law as Public Law 109-364. The final bill authorizes the buildout of 2 DDG-1000 ships.
Program Schedule as of 2006.
It appears that construction will begin in 2008 now, with final delivery in 2012 for both DDG-1000 Zumwalt and DDG-1001 (Unnamed).
Re: DD(X) 155mm AGS from 2008 onwards for USMC?
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