The U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding plan is a disaster.So it should come as no surprise that the fleet’s plan for a new destroyer also is a mess. The two problems are related.

The existing Arleigh Burke class of destroyers is the most successful surface warship in modern history. The Burke class, referred to in naval nomenclature as DDG-51, is by far the most capable ...

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) decommissioned four Type 051 (Luda)-class destroyers in a ceremony held at the North Sea Fleet base in Lushun, formerly known as Port Arthur, on 16 ...