Summary and Key Points: The Iowa-class battleships were the fastest and most powerful the U.S. Navy ever built. The four ...
At Okinawa, Japan’s kamikaze campaign threatened to overwhelm the U.S. fleet through sheer sacrifice. The answer was not only ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...
The end of the Age of the Battleship appears to have been called prematurely as the Trump administration, as part of its Golden Fleet US Navy reform, says it is reviving the giant battlewagons in the ...
The Trump administration has announced that it wants to build a new class of battleships. But this is just one element of the Golden Fleet –a larger program of naval reform aimed at a major ...
Render of future USS Defiant (BBG 1) (Graphic: U.S. Navy) President Trump and Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, have announced their intent to construct a ...