Hypersonic-Armed Destroyers and Submarines are Relocating to Hawaii

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A series of upgrades and modernizations at Pearl Harbor are preparing the Honolulu Naval Base for all three hypersonic-armed Zumwalt-class destroyers and up to three hypersonic-armed Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines. The move is a significant relocation of the U.S. Navy’s hypersonic equipped combatant force for a potential war with China.

A coordinated modernization effort is underway across Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam to bring the naval station up to spec for a large number of new ships and submarines that will homeport in Hawaii beginning in mid-2028.

Construction efforts by NAFVAC at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam are preparing berth space and drydock capabilities to base and repair Zumwalt-class destroyers and Virginia-class attack submarines, according to several documents published by the service and viewed by Naval News.