Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Synopsis: The Alaska-class emerged from a pre–World War II scramble to counter rival “pocket battleships” and super-cruiser threats with a fast, hard-hitting “tweener.” -On...
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Synopsis: The Alaska-class emerged from a pre–World War II scramble to counter rival “pocket battleships” and super-cruiser threats with a fast, hard-hitting “tweener.” -On...
Summary and Key Points: We compare the proposed Trump-class “USS Defiant” concept with the Iowa-class ships built for World War II. -The Trump-class is...
Summary and Key Points: Donald Trump’s proposed Golden Fleet centers on a new Trump-class guided-missile battleship envisioned as a massive magazine ship for hypersonic...
Summary and Key Points: At the Surface Navy Association symposium in January 2026, Daryl Caudle argued that future warships tied to Donald Trump’s “Golden...
Summary and Key Points: Swarms of small attack boats, missile-armed drones, and helicopters compress a ship’s decision time and can burn through expensive interceptors...
A $22 Billion Trump-Class Battleship? Inside the BBG(X) Debate In December 2025, President Donald Trump unveiled plans for a new type of “battleship” which...
BBG(X) Trump-Class Battleship: The “One-Or-Two-Ship” Trap The U.S. Navy Can’t Afford In a press conference on December 22, 2025, President Trump announced that a...
Future war in East Asia could become a kinetic missile fight: massed Chinese ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at bases and ships to keep...
Summary and Key Points: Trump’s “Golden Fleet” vision includes a Trump-class battleship armed with 32-megajoule railguns promising shots out to 100 nautical miles. -The...
Summary and Key Points: CBO analyst Eric Labs outlined a steep projected cost for the first Trump-class guided-missile battleship, with estimates ranging from roughly...