Why an all-Burke fleet is not a complete answer

Would a US Navy built entirely around Arleigh Burke destroyers solve its force-structure problem?

The Burke is an excellent general-purpose ship, but its architecture reflects 1970s doctrine and has limited room for continued modernization.

The Arleigh Burke remains a strong general-purpose combatant, but its origins matter. Its doctrine dates to the 1970s, its design to the 1980s, and its first construction to the 1990s. Modernization has extended the class while placing new demands on an old arrangement of power, space, sensors, and weapons. An all-Burke fleet would standardize around that increasingly strained architecture rather than solve the need for a successor.