Hear me out we should restart Zumwalt construction instead of building the battleships, along with finishing DDG(X)

听我说：我们应当重启朱姆沃尔特级驱逐舰的建造，而非继续制造战列舰，同时完成 DDG(X)项目

Like, I am at best an amateur enthusiast who doesn't really know anything. I know this is probably a bad idea and am in part posting this to find out all the reasons why that I haven't thought of yet. It's mostly for fun. Just hear me out before you press the down vote button and remind me that I'm an idiot.

我最多也就是个业余爱好者，其实什么都不懂。我知道这主意可能不怎么样，甚至发出来就是为了看看还有哪些没想到的槽点。主要是图个乐子。还请各位高抬贵手，在点踩前听我把话说完，也不必特意提醒我是个傻瓜。

First off, I'm not convinced a large surface combatant is a bad idea in isolation. The Navy has been trying to get one for thirty years now and the Defiant class isn't too different from the strike cruiser idea from the late 80s. Where it is a bad idea is that the Arleigh Burke class is at the end its life and needs replacing and the battleships will take away yard space from aircraft carrier construction. However, building DDG(X) and pairing it with a new run of modified Zumwalt class ships would result in a task force that can pretty much do everything the battleships could do.

首先，我并不认为单就大型水面战斗舰的设想本身有什么问题。美国海军近三十年来一直在寻求建造这种舰艇，而无畏级与上世纪八十年代末提出的打击巡洋舰概念并无太大差异。真正的问题在于，阿利·伯克级已接近使用寿命末期亟需换代，而战列舰的建造会挤占航母的船坞资源。然而，如果建造 DDG(X)驱逐舰并搭配新一代改良型朱姆沃尔特级舰艇，组成的特遣舰队几乎能实现战列舰的所有作战功能。

The last time we thought about a guided missile battleship that I know of was USS Kentucky, the fifth Iowa class. I believe there were three main proposals for her.

据我所知，我们最近一次考虑建造导弹战列舰是第五艘衣阿华级——肯塔基号。当时主要有三种改造方案。

One replace turret 3 with two terrier launchers. That way she could shoot surface ships, shore facilities, and planes all at once.

方案一：用两座小猎犬导弹发射装置替换三号炮塔。这样她就能同时攻击水面舰艇、岸基设施和飞机。

Two install a bunch of Polaris missiles.

方案二：安装大量北极星导弹。

Three replace all weapons with four Talos and twelve Tartar launchers.

第三：将所有武器替换为四具塔洛斯导弹发射器和十二具鞑靼导弹发射器。

Option one is basically a next generation fast battleship. It beats up surface ships and defends aircraft carriers. We didn't need that because the Soviets didn't have the ability to wipe out our carriers and force a surface action, let alone any battleships to fight one. Option two is a strategic deterrent. Submarines do it better. Option three is a giant no-fun zone for enemy aircraft and nothing else. planes do it better, it's expensive, and it could also be done by cruisers.

第一种方案本质上是下一代高速战列舰。它能压制水面舰艇并护卫航空母舰。我们并不需要这种舰船，因为苏联既没有能力摧毁我们的航母并迫使水面交战，更没有战列舰可与之对抗。第二种方案是战略威慑。潜艇在这方面做得更好。第三种方案是为敌方飞机制造一个巨大的无趣区域，除此之外别无他用。飞机在这方面更出色，这种方案成本高昂，而且巡洋舰也能胜任。

The Defiant class pretty much tries to do all of these things. That seems to be the logic behind the design. It's a strategic deterrent with the hypersonic missiles and nuclear cruise missiles. It's a next generation fast battleship with the rail gun and any Naval Strike Missiles and ship to shore missiles that end up being installed. It's got a bunch of VLS cells to carry anti-aircraft missiles along with a bunch of laser cannons.

Defiant 级战舰几乎试图同时实现所有这些功能。这似乎是其设计背后的逻辑。凭借高超音速导弹和核巡航导弹，它成为一种战略威慑力量；借助轨道炮以及最终安装的任何海军打击导弹和舰对地导弹，它又是下一代高速战列舰；它配备了大量垂直发射系统单元用于携带防空导弹，还有若干激光炮。

In my extremely uninformed, massively amateurish, almost certainly mistaken opinion, if we accept the logic that ships need to do all three missions, a combination of modified Zumwalt class ships and DDG(X) could do it. From what I understand, the super-VLS for the fast and furious missiles only replaced turret one, and the space where turret two was is unoccupied. Even if you could only fit 16 VLS cells in there it'd have the same number as DDG(X). Alternatively, the gun house is still there, so why not make use of it and stick a lower-power railgun or a phaser in there. That would basically turn them into the replacement battleships they were intended to be. Sling rods at close shore targets, missiles for further away shore targets, fast bois for that guy who moved to another city without returning your copy of Metal Gear Solid, and if you really want a nuclear weapon on a ship just stick it in a tomahawk in a VLS cell where it belongs. If they want to go full US Navy they could even come up with a universal mounting point so the magnetic hole punch and the zzap kannon can be swapped out by fleet replenishment vessels. It's also probably the only class in the world that can do strategic deterrence as well due to its stealthy hull. Sure you know it's rolled up to your coastline, but you'll have a hard time getting a missile lock before it's leveled half your military bases, so you better not try anything. DDG(X) can come along for the ride to launch a Macross Missile Massacre against any flying fun police, and it can back up the Zumwalt against surface targets with any Naval Strike Missiles bolted to the deck. Both ships also should have enough electricity to be floating disco balls and throw a party for any drones that wander by.

在我这极为门外汉、十足业余、几乎必定有误的观点里，若我们接受舰船需承担全部三种任务的逻辑，那么改进型朱姆沃尔特级舰船与 DDG(X)的组合或许能胜任。据我所知，用于装载高速导弹的超级垂直发射系统仅替换了前炮塔，而后炮塔原位置至今闲置。即使只能在此处安装 16 个垂直发射单元，其数量也将与 DDG(X)持平。或者，炮塔结构尚存，何不加以利用，安装一门低功率电磁炮或相位武器？这实质上就能将它们改造成最初设想的替代战列舰：用轨道炮打击近岸目标，用导弹对付更远岸上目标，用高速导弹追击那些借了《合金装备》游戏光盘却迁居他乡不还的家伙；若真要在舰上配备核武器，只需将其装入战斧导弹安置在垂直发射单元——那才是它该待的地方。若他们想彻底展现美国海军风范，甚至可以设计通用接口，让磁轨炮与相位炮能由舰队补给舰随时换装。 这可能是世界上唯一一种凭借其隐形舰体实现战略威慑的舰级。是的，你清楚它已经悄然驶近你的海岸线，但在它夷平你半数军事基地之前，你很难锁定目标进行导弹攻击，所以最好别轻举妄动。DDG(X)可以随行护航，对任何胆敢靠近的空中执法者发动一场超时空要塞式的导弹暴雨，同时还能用甲板上的任何海军打击导弹支援《朱姆沃尔特》打击水面目标。这两艘军舰的电力都足以变成浮动迪斯科球，顺便用电子干扰为误入战区的无人机开个狂欢派对。

So yeah. In short, the Zumwalt does strategic deterrence and shoots up surface targets while DDG(X) establishes the no-fly zone and helps shoot up surface targets. The two working together can do everything the Defiant class can while having greater numbers of hulls and, perhaps most importantly, both can be built without using yards needed for aircraft carrier construction.

总而言之，《朱姆沃尔特》负责战略威慑和打击水面目标，而 DDG(X)则负责建立禁飞区并协助打击水面目标。两舰协同作战可完全覆盖《挑战者》级的所有功能，同时还能拥有更多舰体数量——最重要的是，两者都无需占用航空母舰建造所需的船坞资源。

Thanks for reading. You may now smash that down vote button and remind me that I'm an idiot.

感谢阅读。现在您可以猛击反对键，并提醒我真是个白痴了。