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Synopsis: A proposed “Trump-class” battleship concept argues the Navy needs more than exquisite sensors—it needs massed, networked firepower for a Pacific fight. -With the...
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Synopsis: A proposed “Trump-class” battleship concept argues the Navy needs more than exquisite sensors—it needs massed, networked firepower for a Pacific fight. -With the...
Key Points and Summary – A century ago, battleships anchored American sea power—and the South Dakota-class quietly mattered more than most remember. -Funded in...
Key Points and Summary – The Trump-class battleship proposal would bring back U.S. battlewagons in a very different form: smaller than the Iowas but...
Key Points and Summary – This piece explores whether Donald Trump’s proposed Trump-class battleships make more sense as high-end battlefield sensors than as traditional...
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,...