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BBG(X) Trump-Class Battleship: The “One-Or-Two-Ship” Trap The U.S. Navy Can’t Afford In a press conference on December 22, 2025, President Trump announced that a...
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BBG(X) Trump-Class Battleship: The “One-Or-Two-Ship” Trap The U.S. Navy Can’t Afford In a press conference on December 22, 2025, President Trump announced that a...
Future war in East Asia could become a kinetic missile fight: massed Chinese ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at bases and ships to keep...
Summary and Key Points: Trump’s “Golden Fleet” vision includes a Trump-class battleship armed with 32-megajoule railguns promising shots out to 100 nautical miles. -The...
Summary and Key Points: A new Congressional Research Service report examines the Navy’s proposed guided-missile battleship program, BBG(X), widely framed as the Trump-class centerpiece...
The proposed Trump-class battleship arrives as a surprise in an era focused on smaller, distributed naval forces. Yet a large missile-carrying surface combatant could...
Summary and Key Points: A preliminary assessment by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests the proposed Trump-class battleship (BBG) could cost between $18 and...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy has begun a critical modernization of its Zumwalt-class destroyers, replacing the ships’ failed Advanced Gun Systems with...
Summary and Key Points: The proposed Trump-class BBG(X) “guided-missile battleship” is framed as a bold response to China, but the concept clashes with modern...
Summary and Key Points: A Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests President Trump’s proposed “Golden Fleet” of BBG(X) Trump-class battleships could become the most expensive...
All four Iowa-class battleships saw action during the Korean War, using 16-inch gunfire to hammer coastal targets, support ground forces, and pressure Communist supply...