battleship

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The new battleship named after President Trump will be nuclear-powered, the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Navy officials have said the new battleship would be armed with unproven next-generation weapons including lasers and rail guns, which are weapons that use electricity to fire a projectile instead of gunpowder.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Navy decommissioned its last battleship in 1992, after the military recognized that battleships had become sitting ducks, vulnerable to modern military munitions that could pick off the vessel from the sky.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Her comments come as the US moves a second battleship into the region, and one day after progress was reported at US-Iran talks in Switzerland.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Standing on the deck of the battleship USS Arizona, a sailor named George Phraner had the same thought.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin