{
  "id": "arleigh-burke",
  "name": "Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51)",
  "aliases": [
    "DDG 51",
    "Arleigh Burke"
  ],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "USA",
  "category": "Guided-missile destroyer",
  "status": "in-service",
  "fielded": 1991,
  "operators": [
    "USA"
  ],
  "summary": "Multi-mission Aegis guided-missile destroyer; 74 delivered with more under contract and construction.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": [
        8230,
        9700
      ],
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "unit": "LT"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": [
        153.92,
        155.29
      ],
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 18,
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 30,
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "In excess of 30 knots"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": [
        329,
        359
      ],
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "Flight IIA: 329; Flight III: 359"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "Four GE LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 shp",
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "Standard Missile family, VLA, Tomahawk, ESSM, Mk 45 5-in gun, CIWS, Mk 46 torpedoes",
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "aircraft",
      "v": "Two MH-60R helicopters (Flight IIA and III)",
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "hulls",
      "v": 74,
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "Delivered as of July 2026"
    }
  ],
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-03",
      "change": "Initial draft entry from cited open sources"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-03",
      "change": "Added payload options and capabilities"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-04",
      "change": "Added photo (Public domain)"
    }
  ],
  "art": "destroyer",
  "image": {
    "file": "arleigh-burke.jpg",
    "thumb": "arleigh-burke-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jerine Lee",
    "license": "Public domain",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_110930-N-QN361-146_The_Arleigh_Burke-class_guided-missile_destroyer_USS_Sterett_(DDG_104)_is_underway_conducting_a_composite_training_unit.jpg",
    "title": "File:US Navy 110930-N-QN361-146 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) is underway conducting a composite training unit.jpg"
  },
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "SM-2 Block III/IIIA/IIIB",
      "role": "Medium-range air defense",
      "src": [
        "navy-sm"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "range_km": 167,
      "caps": {
        "Guidance": "Semi-active radar (IR in Block IIIB)",
        "Warhead": "Blast fragmentation"
      },
      "note": "Up to 90 nmi"
    },
    {
      "name": "SM-2 Block IV",
      "role": "Extended area air defense",
      "src": [
        "navy-sm"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "range_km": [
        185,
        370
      ],
      "caps": {
        "Guidance": "Semi-active radar",
        "Warhead": "Blast fragmentation"
      },
      "note": "100–200 nmi"
    },
    {
      "name": "SM-6",
      "role": "Air defense, terminal BMD, anti-ship, land attack",
      "src": [
        "csis-sm6"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "range_km": 370,
      "caps": {
        "Guidance": "Inertial/command, active X-band seeker",
        "Warhead": "64 kg blast fragmentation",
        "Speed": "1.03 km/s"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "SM-3 Block IA/IB",
      "role": "Exo-atmospheric ballistic missile defense",
      "src": [
        "csis-sm3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "range_km": 700,
      "caps": {
        "Kill vehicle": "Kinetic, LWIR seeker",
        "Speed": "3.0 km/s"
      },
      "note": "BMD-configured ships"
    },
    {
      "name": "SM-3 Block IIA",
      "role": "Ballistic missile defense incl. ICBM-class targets",
      "src": [
        "csis-sm3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "range_km": 2500,
      "caps": {
        "Speed": "4.5 km/s"
      },
      "note": "BMD-configured ships"
    },
    {
      "name": "ESSM Block 1",
      "role": "Ship self-defense",
      "src": [
        "navy-essm"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "qty": "4 per Mk 41 cell (quad pack)",
      "caps": {
        "Warhead": "90-lb annular blast fragmentation",
        "Guidance": "Semi-active radar"
      },
      "note": "Range classified"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tomahawk",
      "role": "Land-attack cruise missile",
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg",
        "csis-tomahawk"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "range_km": [
        1250,
        2500
      ],
      "caps": {
        "Warhead": "454 kg HE/fragmentation"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "MK 45 5-inch gun",
      "role": "Naval gunfire",
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "qty": "1",
      "caps": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "MK 46 torpedoes",
      "role": "Anti-submarine",
      "src": [
        "navy-ddg"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "qty": "6 (two triple tubes)",
      "caps": {}
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/arleigh-burke.html",
  "sources": {
    "navy-ddg": {
      "title": "Destroyers (DDG 51)",
      "publisher": "U.S. Navy Fact Files",
      "url": "https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2169871/destroyers-ddg/",
      "published": "2026-07-07",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-03"
    },
    "navy-sm": {
      "title": "Standard Missile",
      "publisher": "U.S. Navy Fact Files",
      "url": "https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2169011/standard-missile/",
      "published": "2021-08-31",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-03"
    },
    "csis-sm6": {
      "title": "Standard Missile-6 (SM-6)",
      "publisher": "CSIS Missile Defense Project",
      "url": "https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/sm-6/",
      "published": "2026-01-28",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-10-03"
    },
    "csis-sm3": {
      "title": "Standard Missile-3 (SM-3)",
      "publisher": "CSIS Missile Defense Project",
      "url": "https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/sm-3/",
      "published": "2023-03-09",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-10-03"
    },
    "navy-essm": {
      "title": "Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 1 (RIM-162D)",
      "publisher": "U.S. Navy Fact Files",
      "url": "https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2168978/evolved-seasparrow-missile-block-1-essm-rim-162d/",
      "published": "2022-10-21",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-03"
    },
    "csis-tomahawk": {
      "title": "Tomahawk",
      "publisher": "CSIS Missile Defense Project",
      "url": "https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/tomahawk/",
      "published": "2024-04-23",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-10-03"
    }
  }
}