President Donald Trump announced Monday the Navy will build a new class of battleships called the Trump class, with the first ship to be named USS Defiant (BBG-1). The ship will displace more than ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to build a new "golden fleet" of naval vessels, starting with two battleships. The first "Trump class" battleship will be named the USS Defiance, with plans for ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “Golden Fleet.” ...

The president said they'll be "100 times" more powerful than earlier ships. President Donald Trump announced a new class of battleships to build out what he has dubbed the Navy's "Golden Fleet" that ...

President Trump’s plan for new American battleships appears to be going for a “bigger-is-better” mantra — perhaps a nod to the commander-in-chief whose name they will carry. The Trump-class vessels ...

The U.S. Navy will get two new battleships, the “largest we've ever built,” sometime in the 2030s, President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 22. Construction of the ships, designated Trump-class ...

President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that the Navy will build “battleships” again was not the only blast from the past. If they are ever built, the ships would each feature an electromagnetic ...

PALM BEACH, Florida – US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy will build a new “Trump-class” battleship, as part of a White House push to modernise a fleet that has been hobbled by years ...

A Chinese naval expert has weighed in following President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that the United States will construct a "Trump‑class" line of massive warships to be the centerpiece of a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump announced plans for new Navy ‘battleships’ armed with hypersonic missiles, nuclear cruise missiles, railguns ...

President Donald Trump has said the U.S. Navy will commission a new class of ships named after himself, which the president described as "100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built." The ...