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Caleb Larson, an American defense journalist and former POLITICO Europe reporter, evaluates the strategic "resurrection" of electromagnetic railgun technology. Following a disclosure in the...
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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...
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: After Red Sea combat against Houthi missiles and drones, the U.S. Navy’s core lesson is that interceptor defense works—but it...
Summary and Key Points: The proposed Trump-class battleship, the centerpiece of a visionary “Golden Fleet,” represents a radical departure from modern naval doctrine. -Designed...