A big development has taken place when it comes to augmenting the capabilities of the US Navy in the realm of hypersonic weapons.In Aug 2023, the guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Mississippi shipyard to begin a two-year process to install hypersonic missile tubes.The warship has now been put back in the water after undergoing 14 months of work.The launchers that will eventually fire Intermediate-Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) hypersonic missiles. In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how the Zumwalt class is on its way to getting a major lethality boost with the IRCPS system ?#defenseupdates #Zumwaltclass #hypersonicmisssile Chapters:00:11 INTRODUCTION01:46 THE UPGRADE03:30 IRCPS06:18 ANALYSIS