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Hypersonic hot shots

US NAVY

USS Zumwalt has arrived at the Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi for theretrofit will involve the removal of the two 155mm Advanced Gun Systems, which will be replaced with four missile tubes, each capable of accommodating three so-called Common Hypersonic Glide Bodies (C-HGB), for a total of 12 missiles.

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