Russian Military Analyst: 'U.S. Navy's Newest Destroyer Is Just A Giant Wash-tub'

Sputnik: Idea That US's New Destroyer is 'Invisible' is a 'Fairy Tale for Fools'

The builders of the USS Zumwalt, the US Navy's new next-generation super-destroyer, have promised that the ship would be nearly invisible to enemy radar. Military analyst Viktor Baranets told Sputnik that this simply isn't the case.

The USS Zumwalt destroyer, set to be officially handed off to the US Navy on Friday at a ceremony in Bath, Maine, has already been touted as the best thing since sliced bread. The ship, set to become the largest and most advanced destroyer in the Navy's fleet, has been described by potential opponents as a dangerous "behemoth nearly undetectable to adversaries until it is too late."

US media, meanwhile, have already called the $4.4 billion, 610-foot, 14.5 ton destroyer as one of the greatest and most advanced warships in world naval history, fawning over its unique angular design and its radar-absorbing materials.

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Update: Russian Naval Expert Calls US Navy’s New Stealth Destroyer ‘Giant Washtub’ (The Diplomat)

WNU Editor: I do not know about the "wash-tub" reference, but this Russian analyst is right about how much of these destroyers cost.