Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)) represents a return to massive surface combatants designed for the U.S. Navy’s "Golden Fleet." The USS Defiant (BBG-1), a 35,000-ton...
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The Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)) represents a return to massive surface combatants designed for the U.S. Navy’s "Golden Fleet." The USS Defiant (BBG-1), a 35,000-ton...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Brent M. Eastwood, a national security expert, evaluates the speculative role of the Montana-class super battleship in Operation Epic...
Summary and Key Points: This analysis by Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, a former U.S. Army Infantry officer, contrasts the current deployment of the USS...
The USS Missouri (BB-63) remains one of the most storied vessels in American naval history, but its service during the Korean War (1950–1953) is...
Summary and Key Points: The debate over the proposed Trump-class battleship echoes an earlier experiment: the Cold War reactivation of the Iowa-class. -Reactivated in...
Summary and Key Points: Trump’s BBG(X) ‘Trump-class’ guided-missile battleship is pitched as a huge command-and-control platform to replace retiring cruisers. -Renderings and Navy briefings...
Summary and Key Points: While aircraft carriers and battleships command the headlines, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is the true backbone of the U.S. Navy....
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: Trump’s new National Defense Strategy touts a “Golden Fleet” rebuild anchored by Trump-class battleships led by USS Defiant. -At 35,000–40,000...
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...