content: I also kind of wonder about the big picture thought for these systems as well. These sort of machines are built for symmetric warfare. The only countries capable of symmetric warfare, on any sort of level, against the US tend to be nuclear. The latter somewhat precludes the former. Or even the idea that a big part of this ship was a reduced radar signature. Okay that's fine but again most of every nation that could pose even the smallest threat to us also have satellites zooming above capable of providing real time photographic surveillance long before said ship is even in radar range. Satellite imagery would also provide heading information for each ship as well. Just... what's the point of wasting all this money?