Zumwalt Class Destroyers - in Popular Culture

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  • The theft of a fictional radar system intended for the Zumwalt class was a central part of the plot in the episode "Stakeout" of the U.S. television series NCIS. The episode first aired on 8 April 2008. In the episode, a character claims that a Zumwalt destroyer has scheduled sea trials in a week's time, even though delivery of the first Zumwalt was not scheduled before 2013.
  • The Zumwalt class destroyer also appeared in the strategy game, Empires and Allies Zynga as a naval unit. It also appears in PC Game, Act of War: High Treason by Eugen Systems as a naval unit of one of the faction, Task Force Talon.

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