The proposed large combatant revives the strike cruiser

Does shifting DDG(X) work into the proposed large combatant leave room for a separate Burke replacement?

The large ship looks more like another attempt to obtain a strike cruiser for hypersonics and railguns than a straightforward Burke replacement.

DDG(X) is described as addressing Ticonderoga replacement and possibly the earliest Burkes. The larger proposed combatant is interpreted as another attempt to obtain a strike cruiser. Its proposed hypersonic weapons and railguns explain that comparison. Assumptions about DDG(X) do not automatically establish the new concept's details. Propulsion is the example: a gas-and-diesel arrangement considered sensible for the smaller programme is left open for the much larger ship.