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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...
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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...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Andrew Latham challenges the view that canceling the Trump-class battleship program after a single hull would be a procurement...
Summary and Key Points: Wasn’t the battleship supposed to be obsolete? Debate over the proposed Trump-class battleships centers on whether they would be operationally...
Synopsis: The proposed Trump-class warship, informally dubbed USS Defiant, is framed as a 35,000-ton “battleship,” but the argument here is that it’s closer to...
Synopsis: The Alaska-class emerged from a pre–World War II scramble to counter rival “pocket battleships” and super-cruiser threats with a fast, hard-hitting “tweener.” -On...
Summary and Key Points: We compare the proposed Trump-class “USS Defiant” concept with the Iowa-class ships built for World War II. -The Trump-class is...