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The Trump-Class Battleship Could Be the First U.S. Warship to Carry an Electromagnetic Railgun — General Atomics Says the Technology Is Possible Back in...
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The Trump-Class Battleship Could Be the First U.S. Warship to Carry an Electromagnetic Railgun — General Atomics Says the Technology Is Possible Back in...
What Iran Tells Us About the Trump-Class Battleship Idea When the United States and Israel launched large-scale strikes against Iran in late February, the...
The Trump-Class Battleship Needs To Become a Giant Missile Truck The newly proposed Trump-class battleship would be a powerful vessel if ever constructed. As...
The "Golden Fleet" initiative has introduced the Trump-class battleship, a 40,000-ton "missile barge" equipped with hypersonics and railguns. At $20 billion per vessel, the...
Caleb Larson, an American defense journalist and former POLITICO Europe reporter, evaluates the strategic "resurrection" of electromagnetic railgun technology. Following a disclosure in the...
Christian D. Orr, Senior Defense Editor and former Air Force Security Forces officer, evaluates the strategic "return of the battleship" via the proposed Trump-class....
Christian D. Orr, a senior defense editor and former Air Force Security Forces officer, evaluates the strategic case for the Trump-class BBG(X) battleship as...
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: This article examines General Atomics’ proposal to install a 32-megajoule electromagnetic railgun on the Trump-class guided-missile battleship. -Following the Surface...
Synopsis: The Trump-class battleship BBG(X) is being pitched as a 21st-century command-and-control powerhouse, but analysts warn it may lack the military utility of the...