Defense Updates's video: USS Jack H Lucas - The first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer launched

Play War Thunder for FREE! Register using https://wt.link/DefenseUpdates and get a premium tank or aircraft or ship and thee days of premium account time. The first Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), has been successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division. It will be the 75th Arleigh Burke-class warship. Arleigh Burke-class Program Manager, Capt. Seth Miller said, “Flight III ships will provide cutting edge Integrated Air and Missile Defense capability to include significantly greater detection range and tracking capacity. Launching the first Flight III ship, the future Jack H. Lucas, is another important step to delivering Flight III to the Navy” Viewers may note that Flight III is the fourth Flight upgrade in the 30+ year history of the class and is preceded by Flight I, II, and IIA. In this video Defense Updates analyzes why USS Jack H. Lucas will be an important addition to U.S Navy? .Lucas -classFlightIII CHANNEL LINK: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DefenseUpdates SUPPORT US: Patron: https://www.patreon.com/defenseupdates AUDIO: scottleffler.com BACKGROUND MUSIC https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html "Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ IMAGES USES SEAPOWERMAGAZINE.ORG / U.S. NAVY / HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES https://seapowermagazine.org/u-s-navy-launches-first-flight-iii-ddg-the-future-uss-jack-h-lucas/ TASKANDPURPOSE.COM https://taskandpurpose.com/history/jacklyn-lucas-medal-honor-recipient-snuck-corps-14-defied-death-twice/ MISSILETHREAT.CSIS.ORG https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/amdr/ -footnote-bottom-6-93 WWW.EVERYTHINGRF.COM / RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES https://www.everythingrf.com/News/details/10566-raytheon-delivers-first-spy-6-radar-array-for-the-us-navy-s-newest-destroyer WWW.SEAFORCES.ORG / U.S NAVY https://www.seaforces.org/wpnsys/SURFACE/Mk-41-missile-launcher.htm WIKIPEDIA.ORG / U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS LEAH STILES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_41_Vertical_Launching_System WWW.NAVALNEWS.COM / HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/02/spy-6-radar-installation-begins-on-uss-jack-h-lucas/ WWW.UPI.COM / RAYTHEON https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2018/04/20/Raytheon-tapped-for-Air-and-Missile-Defense-Radar-Program/9021524230749/