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U.S. Navy railguns looked like a revolution: electromagnetic launch, hypersonic projectiles, long range, and a deep magazine that could ease missile shortages. The concept...
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U.S. Navy railguns looked like a revolution: electromagnetic launch, hypersonic projectiles, long range, and a deep magazine that could ease missile shortages. The concept...
Summary and Key Points: The BBG(X) Trump-class battleship concept is colliding with a separate modernization priority: the DDG(X) next-generation destroyer. -Critics argue the two...
Summary and Key Points: Huntington Ingalls’ CEO says the Navy will provide its first concrete design-schedule guidance for the BBG(X) “Trump-class” guided-missile battleship within...
Summary and Key Points: Commissioned in 1943 and modernized across World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War, USS New Jersey later faced...
Key Points and Summary – In the 1970s and 80s, the U.S. Navy considered converting Iowa-class battleships into “battlecarriers” equipped with flight decks for...
Key Points and Summary – President Trump’s call for a new “Trump-class” battleship with 120 VLS cells and hypersonic missiles faces skepticism due to...
Key Points and Summary – This op-ed argues that the U.S. Navy’s proposed “Trump-class” battleships (a fleet of 10 or more) are essential to...
Key Points and Summary – The battleship era may be over, but a handful of ships still define what naval power looked like at...
Key Points and Summary – Trump’s BBG(X) “Trump-class” would revive the battleship label with a guided-missile surface combatant, starting with USS Defiant, and potentially...
Synopsis: President Trump’s proposed “Trump-class” guided-missile battleship, BBG(X), is designed to sound like a revival of American sea power—but the concept is strategically mismatched...