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Was ja auch alles sinnvoll ist wenn das Geld dafür langfristig in trockenen Tüchern wäre.

Wo ir schon dabei sind:
Neues vom CG(X) Programm - die Navy überlegt liebäugelt mit zwei neuen Klassen.
Einen kleineren 14.000 Tonnen Eskortkreuzer, basierend auf der Zumwalt-Klasse oder einen mehr oder weniger komplett neuen 25.000 Tonnen ABM-Kreuzer. Soll dann auch nur 7 Milliarden US-$ kosten. Also dann letztlich an den zweistelligen Bereich kommen.
Fragt sich bloß welches Programm zuerst das zeitliche Segnet. Ich setze auf den Eskortkreuzer-Entwurf.

Hier der Artikel

25,000-ton cruiser under consideration

Under pressure from the Navy to develop a new cruiser based on the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class hull form, and from Congress to incorporate nuclear power, a group of analysts working on the next big surface combatant may recommend two different ships to form the CG(X) program.

One ship would be a 14,000-ton derivative of the DDG 1000, an “escort cruiser,” to protect aircraft carrier strike groups. The vessel would keep the tumblehome hull of the DDG 1000 and its gas turbine power plant.

The other new cruiser would be a much larger, 25,000-ton nuclear-powered ship with a more conventional flared bow, optimized for the ballistic missile defense (BMD) mission.

In all, five large CGN(X) ships and 14 escort cruisers would be built to fulfill the cruiser requirement in the Navy’s 30-year, 313-ship plan, which calls for replacing today’s CG 47 Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruisers and adding a specially designed sea-based missile defense force.
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