The U.S Navy is sending its warships and submarines to Hawaii, a move that will make Pearl Harbour the home of the Navy’s first hypersonic-armed surface undersea fleet by 2030.
This move is in response to the growing Chinese presence in the Pacific region.
The deployed vessels will be equipped with the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon, the Navy’s first sea-launched hypersonic missile.
U.S Navy wants to reduce response time and boost deterrence by placing these assets near contested waters close to Taiwan and the South China Sea, said to be one of the most volatile regions on earth.
The Navy is improving its capacity to respond efficiently and in less time by homeporting these ships in Hawaii.
It plans to keep all 3 Zumwalt-class destroyers and Virginia-class submarines at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, which is being upgraded to accommodate the advanced vessels and the new systems.
Every destroyer will have 12 hypersonic missiles, and the new Virginia-class submarines with the Virginia Payload Module
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