destroyer

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Under the plan, HMS Dragon - the air defence destroyer that is already on its way to the Middle East - will also "be ready for any mission" to secure the strait, the MoD said.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The battleship, which officials have said would weigh 30,000-40,000 tons, is expected to be up to four times the size of a modern destroyer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

It did, however, find a 15,000-ton to 20,000-ton ship, larger than a destroyer, would be valuable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

France has sent its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to the region, and the UK on Saturday said it was sending a destroyer, HMS Dragon.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Oppenheimer thought of a line from the ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita, a dramatic moment in which the god Vishnu declares: “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin