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Trump Wants To Bring Back Battleships With New Ship Class Named After Himself

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Trump Wants To Bring Back Battleships With New Ship Class Named After Himself
Poster of the future Trump-class USS Defiant battleship. Image: Navy

As the anchors of a "Golden Fleet," President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to build 20 to 25 gun and missile-equipped battleships--each "100 times more powerful than the Iowa class." The Navy decommissioned the last of the Iowa-class, the USS Missouri (BB-63), in 1992. The Navy would build two to 10 such Trump-class battleships initially, the first of which would be the USS Defiant, fielded in the next two and a half years, according to Trump. In addition, Trump said…

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