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More Great Links

• The DD(X) National Team Web Site
• Raytheon's DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer Site
• Program Executive Office Ships Web Site
• U.S. Navy
• Federation of American Scientists

Sources

• The DDG 1000 on the Program Executive Office Ships Web site: http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/DDG1000/
• "DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class -- Multimission Destroyer: Advanced Technology Surface Combatants USA." Naval Technology Web site. http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/dd21/.
• The DD(X) National Team Web site: http://legacy.ddxone.com/overview/
• "Dead Aim, or Dead End? The USA's DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Program." Defense Industry Daily. http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2007/06/dead-aim-or-dead-end-the
  -usas-ddg1000-zumwalt-class-program/index.php.
• The Federation of American Scientists. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/dd-21.htm. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/sc-21.htm
• "The Invisible Warship," by Gregory Mone. Popular Science, November 2006. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/
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• "Navy Designates Next-Generation Zumwalt Destroyer," April 7, 2006. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=9424.
• Raytheon's DDG 1000 Zumwalt Destroyer Web site. http://www.raytheon.com/products/ddg_1000/
• The U.S. Navy Web site. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/destroyers/destroyers.asp