The debate over whether the United States navy needs a new class of battleships has been running for months and is shaped as ...

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 ...

In December, President Donald Trump unveiled a new generation of battleships that will bear his name. Procuring the three Trump-class warships will cost $43.5 billion, Navy deputy assistant secretary ...

Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts Experts described it as a "prestige project," a "bomb magnet" and said that "this ship will never sail." Even ...

Since President Donald Trump announced last month that the United States Navy's planned "Golden Fleet" would include a new class of battleships, critics have cited numerous reasons why the warships ...