Big Guns, Bigger Questions: Are Trump’s Battleships Already Outdated?
The announcement by President Trump of a new class of battleships bearing his name last month grabbed headlines for its audacity. It also called attention to a profound question that military strategists have been grappling with for some time.
In an era when Ukrainian naval drones costing just $50,000 have devastated the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and China possesses more than 1,000 medium-range missiles capable of striking United States aircraft carriers 1,000 miles offshore, are massive surface warships still viable? Or a waste of taxpayer dollars?
