Does The U.S. Navy's Newest Destroyer Really Need Shells For Its 'Big Guns'?

THE USS ZUMWALT SPORTS TWO POWERFUL "ADVANCED GUN SYSTEMS" (THE TWO PILLBOXES UP FRONT) -- BUT HAS FEWER THAN 90 BULLETS BETWEEN THEM. IMAGE SOURCE: U.S. NAVY.

Motley Fool: Lockheed Loses, and Raytheon Could Gain, as Navy Disarms the USS Zumwalt

Guns without bullets don't shoot very well. Companies without contracts don't do much better.

On Oct. 15, 2016, the U.S. Navy commissioned its largest gun-toting surface warship since battleships prowled the seas: the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000).

Technically a destroyer, Zumwalt is actually bigger than the Navy's current fleet of Ticonderoga-class cruisers -- weighing in at 14,800 tons to the Tico's 9,800. It also carries more powerful guns than the Navy's big cruisers: two 155-mm Advanced Guns System (AGS) cannon, each capable of firing a 225-lb. Long Range Land-Attack Projectile (LRLAP) and striking a target 80 miles distant with pinpoint accuracy. There is, however, one small problem with these guns...

They have no bullets.

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WNU Editor: $800,000 per projectile .... what were they thinking?