Visby is offered as an example of more complete stealth shaping than Zumwalt. Zumwalt still needs flat deck areas to support its guns, missiles, and other operations, including a large flight deck. Its littoral mission is contrasted with the oceanic role of the Arleigh Burke class. The comparison treats signature reduction as a design spectrum constrained by what each vessel must do.
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Visby, Zumwalt, and the operational limits of stealth shaping
The comparison explains why Zumwalt retains deck space for weapons and aviation despite its extensive low-observable shaping.