Firstly I find this Hull AWFUL. Looks to me like WWI Dreadnought, with US civil war ironglad superstructure on it. Why such a stealth warship? This is the first warship on earth without mast!!! If Zumwalt ever copmleted I wonder were they fly their flag? I adore Arleigh Burges. They are real warships, powerful enough and technologicaly at the highest level compared with other navies ships. They have even larger amount of VLS than the Zumhalts. They have 96 VLS, and Zumhalts only 80. Also I dont understand the need of these 6.1 inch railguns. You have Tomahawks for this job and for shorter ranges you have Harpoon BlockII. They have excactly the same range as the rail gun , 140km. Finally I want to ask were is the funel of Zumhalt at the superstructure? I think they forgot the Funel…

Well you do have good taste in warships. I agree, DDG-1000 looks awful. More important the hull form, according to some experts, is not good. There is not enough reserve buoyancy to keep the thing afloat if she takes on water. While I think stealth is a really good thing in a jet fighter, it is totally out of place in a warship.