Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)) is no longer just rhetoric; it is now a formally budgeted program. The administration’s FY2027 request included $1.8B for R&D...
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The Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)) is no longer just rhetoric; it is now a formally budgeted program. The administration’s FY2027 request included $1.8B for R&D...
One of the first things a U.S. Navy sailor learns in boot camp is how to fight fires onboard ships. This is deadly serious...
The battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) has recently undergone a $10 million overhaul in US shipyards. But the big battleship isn’t being reactivated again. ...
The USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II. Nicknamed “The Big Wisky” by...
The British Royal Navy’s HMS Vanguard — the 814-foot, 30-knot, 51,000-ton fast battleship laid down at John Brown shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland on March...
The Montana-class would have been the largest, most heavily armed, and best-protected battleship the United States Navy ever put to sea. As one U.S....
There is something almost theatrical about the way USS New Jersey kept refusing to retire. But sitting standing on the deck of the USS...
The Russian Navy has upgunned, modernized, and revamped its massive yet somewhat antiquated Cold War-era battlecruisers by adding advanced interceptor missiles, close-in ship defenses,...
Surface-fired hypersonic missiles, 600kw lasers, high-velocity rounds, and a 32 Megajoule Railgun are a few of the weapons systems expected to be built into...
So, are aircraft carriers just obsolete battleships that should be turned into museums? The Iran war has given us some keen insight into this...