On 23 December, President Donald Trump and the leadership of the Department of War presented an artistic vision of new battleships planned for future orders by the US Navy. The concept forms part of the so-called “Golden Fleet”, which expands several ongoing naval modernisation programmes.

Congressional Research Service reviews U.S. Navy plan to revive battleships under new guided missile BBG(X) program

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The U.S. Congressional Research Service has published a report examining a Navy proposal that would bring battleships back into the fleet for the first time since World War II, outlining the scope of the Guided Missile Battleship, or BBG(X), program and the issues it raises for Congress.

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