A modern Iowa successor as a nuclear-powered strike and command ship

What would a follow-on Iowa design built with modern technology look like?

The proposed shape is an enlarged nuclear-powered strike cruiser, with substantial VLS capacity, hypersonic weapons, railguns and lasers. Construction capacity is treated as a major constraint.

An enlarged nuclear-powered strike cruiser is proposed as the likely direction for a modern Iowa successor and large surface command ship. The suggested weapons include a substantial VLS battery, hypersonic systems, railguns and lasers. Nuclear propulsion would address the associated power demands. Preferences about the weapons fit remain constrained by what shipyards can construct. The small pool of builders able to produce nuclear-powered warships is therefore central to the proposal's feasibility. Supposed competition for future submarine work provides a related example: the final bidders are again the established submarine yards.