Replacing the Burke requires a transition that keeps its shipyards producing capable ships. A larger new combatant is considered more feasible if it uses yard facilities outside Burke production. One proposed route would have fitted a Zumwalt hull with Burke systems, although dismantled tooling makes returning to that production line difficult. Another possibility is a substantially redesigned Burke rather than another incremental upgrade. The Super Hornet provides the analogy for a successor that keeps a familiar name while changing the underlying design.
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A Burke successor has to preserve shipbuilding capacity
The proposed replacement paths combine a new or substantially revised hull with continuity in proven systems and shipbuilding.