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Trump Administration proposes $1.5T military budget, an increase of nearly $500B from last year (www.cnn.com)

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump-class_battleship

In a press conference in December 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump announced a United States Navy guided-missile warship, to be called the Trump-class battleship.[5][6][7][4] The class is also known as BBG(X)[a] in some Navy documents,[1] and is intended to initially consist of the lead ship USS Defiant (BBG-1) and an as-yet unnamed other vessel. If and when commissioned, the class is envisioned as adding a nuclear-capable cruise missile option to the U.S. Navy surface fleet.[8]

The Trump administration intends to revitalize shipbuilding in the United States alongside the construction of the Trump-class. Analysts have expressed skepticism about the Trump-class battleship, citing its lack of funding, unprecedented design, and high development costs. Its classification as a battleship is debated, as it lacks the heavy armor and large-caliber guns typical of historical battleships. The naming of the class after an incumbent president has also broken traditional conventions.

The U.S. Navy has not had a battleship in commission since the retirement of the last Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri in 1992.[9] There have been no plans for new ones since the cancellation of the Montana class in 1943.[10]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/USS_Defiant_BBG-1_graphic_1.jpg

It's not just a battleship with guns, it's a battleship with pre-dreadnought-style armament, a secondary non-centerfire battery, in 2026.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship

These battleships were abruptly made obsolete by the arrival of HMS Dreadnought in 1906. Dreadnought followed the trend in battleship design to heavier, longer-ranged guns by adopting an "all-big-gun" armament scheme of ten 12-inch guns.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

"We have fewer cavalry today too, Governor. That's because the nature of war has changed."

-- Obama, 2012 campaigning against Romney