After finishing my last article on the inability of the US Navy to build frigates, I was hopeful that I could have a bit of a break before the next crisis in ...

The Navy’s proposed new battleship diverts resources from building other, more badly needed weapons such as attack submarines ...

On Dec. 22 at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump — flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ...

On the 22nd, U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that the core power of the ‘Golden Fleet’ concept is the ‘Trump-class battleship.’ He also announced that new aircraft carriers and new frigates, ...

The U.S. Navy has confirmed to TWZ that construction of the first two Trump class "battleships" is not expected to start until the early 2030s. “Design efforts are underway with start of construction ...

The president said development of the vessels would help maintain military superiority and improve the industrial base, but analysts suggested they were the wrong approach to current threats. By Zolan ...

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...

The recently announced “Trump” class of battleships is cast as the world’s largest and most powerful ships. But these ships ...

Zumwalt-class destroyers promised stealth, automation, and a clean break from the past. What they delivered was cost overruns, missing weapons, and limited radar capability. After just three ships, ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Most recent aircraft carriers have been named for US presidents—but this is not a hard and fast rule, and many other servicemembers and officials have also been honored. The answer is, like the naming ...