Post; DDX Destroyers

Missileer · November 25th, 2006

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../ship/dd-x.htm

"Developed under the DD(X) destroyer program, DDG-1000 Zumwalt is the lead ship in a class of next-generation, multi-mission surface combatants tailored for land attack and littoral dominance, with capabilities designed to defeat current and projected threats as well as improve battle force defense."

I never even gave this a thought before a meeting I attended last week, but what is the term "littoral"? Did anyone know without looking it up as I did? And why would anyone want a ship with that capability?

November 25th, 2006
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	Post; DDX Destroyers http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../ship/dd-x.htm "Developed under the DD(X) destroyer program, DDG-1000 Zumwalt is the lead ship in a class of next-generation, multi-mission surface combatants tailored for land attack and littoral dominance, with capabilities designed to defeat current and projected threats as well as improve battle force defense." I never even gave this a thought before a meeting I attended last week, but what is the term "littoral"? Did anyone know without looking it up as I did? And why would anyone want a ship with that capability? __________________ “War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill