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Summary and Key Points: The debate over the proposed Trump-class battleship echoes an earlier experiment: the Cold War reactivation of the Iowa-class. -Reactivated in...
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Summary and Key Points: The debate over the proposed Trump-class battleship echoes an earlier experiment: the Cold War reactivation of the Iowa-class. -Reactivated in...
Summary and Key Points: Trump’s BBG(X) ‘Trump-class’ guided-missile battleship is pitched as a huge command-and-control platform to replace retiring cruisers. -Renderings and Navy briefings...
Summary and Key Points: China’s anti-access/area-denial strategy is built to hold U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups at risk with long-range missiles, hypersonic glide vehicles,...
Summary and Key Points: The proposed Trump-class battleship, the centerpiece of a visionary “Golden Fleet,” represents a radical departure from modern naval doctrine. -Designed...
Summary and Key Points: While aircraft carriers and battleships command the headlines, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is the true backbone of the U.S. Navy....
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s ambitious “Golden Fleet” initiative, headlined by the controversial Trump-class battleship USS Defiant (BBG-1), is facing intense skepticism...
Summary and Key Points: The proposed Trump-class battleship—designated BBG(X) and led by the USS Defiant—aims to become the Navy’s largest surface combatant since World...
Summary and Key Points: The Montana-class was designed as the final and most powerful expression of U.S. battleship thinking: heavier armor, greater survivability, and...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Illinois (BB-65) was authorized as the fifth Iowa-class battleship, but unlike its predecessors, it utilized an all-welded construction...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Kentucky (BB-66) occupies a unique place in naval history as the “ghost” of the Iowa class—a 57,000-ton fast...