Its a ship design that really lacks a punch, which is the problem. Also until they can create stealth carriers and cruisers, a stealth anti-air destroyer doesn't do much to protect a battlegroup where the primary target is the unstealthy carrier.
If they had a long range harpoon missile system or the aforementioned rail gun, then year there's a bit of a mismatch. But the expense of creating a stealth destroyer without that punch makes little to no sense.
It makes more sense to combine things, put money into a coastal defense, anti-air destroyer with an exceptional sensor suite, and put money into a submarine with the capability of sneaking up on a convoy and firing a spread of anti-ship missiles at range then dashing in with torpedoes.
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