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Designing an Arleigh Burke for space warfare

A speculative Flight 10 armament combines a large missile load with laser point defence and possible railguns.

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Question

What should a spaceborne Arleigh Burke Flight 10 carry in 2090?

Short answer

Many missiles, laser point defence, and possible railguns, plus a joking proposal for a bust of Admiral Arleigh Burke on every ship.

Notes

The proposed 2090 spaceborne Arleigh Burke would carry a large number of missiles, with lasers and railguns suggested alongside them. A follow-up specifically calls for laser point defence. The suggestion that every hull should carry a bust of Admiral Arleigh Burke is a joke about the class name surviving into space.