Could the Zumwalt class have been the modern equivalent of HMS Warrior?
Short answerThe curtailed Zumwalt programme did not produce the wider change attributed to Warrior in this comparison.
NotesHMS Warrior is used as the standard for a ship that changes naval warfare and compels a wider response. The discussion even raises the judgment that Warrior represented a greater change than Dreadnought. Zumwalt is rejected as an equivalent because the programme was curtailed. In this comparison, advanced features alone cannot give a ship the same effect when its own navy stops the programme.