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Synopsis: This piece traces the rise and fall of the Soviet Kirov-class battlecruisers, enormous nuclear-powered “Sea Eagles” built to intimidate NATO carrier groups and...
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Synopsis: This piece traces the rise and fall of the Soviet Kirov-class battlecruisers, enormous nuclear-powered “Sea Eagles” built to intimidate NATO carrier groups and...
Missouri is nicknamed “The Show-Me State” (along the way inspiring the name of a sports bar & grill that’s a regional competitor with Hooters),...
Key Points and Summary – The Iowa-class battleships were the greatest gun platforms ever to sail, but on paper their planned successors—the Montana-class—were even...
Key Points and Summary – Strip away the branding, and the Trump-class battleship looks less like Iowa nostalgia and more like a networked warfighting...
Key Points and Summary – Donald Trump’s proposed Trump-class battleships—flagships of a new “Golden Fleet”—promise to be the most lethal surface combatants ever built,...
Key Points and Summary – President Donald Trump’s proposed “Trump-class” battleships—flagships of a new “Golden Fleet”—would be huge missile-laden surface combatants meant to revive...
Key Points and Summary – President Donald Trump has formally announced plans for a new “Trump-class” of U.S. Navy battleships, starting with USS Defiant,...
Key Points and Summary – President Trump says the Navy will launch a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship program as part of a broader push to...
Key Points and Summary – In November 1940, Britain’s Royal Navy used HMS Illustrious to launch a night raid on Italy’s fleet at Taranto,...
Key Points and Summary – America nearly built a battleship bigger than Iowa: the Montana-class. -Authorized during World War II, it was designed for...