battleship

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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

“I think we’re trying to understand all the proper trade offs, and then think about it as a battleship strike group and a carrier strike group.”

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

The frigate's role was to act as a first line of defence by circling battleship HMS Warspite and it was expected that the sailors would sacrifice their lives.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

I was worried because the great German battleship Bismarck had been hit in the rudder and was doomed to going in circles until she was sunk by the British.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos