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The Invisible Warship

The Navy´s next destroyer is two football fields long, but on radar it looks like a fishing boat

For a closer look, click 'View Photos' at left to launch the photo gallery It will be almost silent, nearly invisible to enemy radar-and capable of dropping six powerful missiles simultaneously on a single target up to 95 miles away. But the most important feature of the DDG1000 Zumwalt, the Navy's first new destroyer in 30years, could be its versatility. The 600-foot-long ship will be just as comfortable in the deep ocean as in the mine-infested shallows of the Persian Gulf.

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