It's a platform so it's the armaments & warplanes aboard that count, & they're superb. When a Russian missile hits one of the fancy Yank ships, they'll burn like hell & fall apart. This "rustbucket" will just keep floating, it's built like a brick. The Russians sent one "dinosaur" cruiser against the 6 best US warships off Syria in 2013, shot down two missiles they fired, & they p#@$ed off & went to home to watch MTV