Trump to unveil plans for new U.S. ‘battleship’, reports say

[WorldWatcher]

I would think the laser weapons would require a much larger ship.

Laser weapons on ships are a self-defense weapons.

WW

 

[luiza]

President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans for a new class of large US Navy surface combatants he has described as “battleships”, according to reports in U.S. media.​

The Wall Street Journal reported that the announcement is due on Monday and will form part of what the White House is calling a broader “Golden Fleet” vision for revitalising the US Navy. The proposal would mark a significant departure from current US naval force structure, which has focused on aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines and increasingly unmanned platforms rather than heavily armed capital ships

According to U.S. officials cited by the Journal, the planned vessels would be larger than existing destroyers and cruisers, with some reports suggesting displacement in the region of 15,000 to 20,000 tonnes. While the administration has revived the historic “battleship” label, defence analysts quoted in U.S. coverage note that the ships would not resemble the heavily armoured gun platforms of the 20th century, but instead function as large, missile-armed surface combatants.


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Trump to unveil plans for new U.S. âbattleshipâ, reports say

President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans for a new class of large US Navy surface combatants he has described as âbattleshipsâ.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

Meh, just take the Nimitz, put a new reactor in her, and turn her into a PrSM platform.

Imagine an aircraft carrier deck absolutely covered in PrSM launchers, with a whole hanger deck below filled with reloads.

The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is a new series of GPS-guided missiles, which will begin to replace ATACMS missiles in 2024. PrSM carries a newly designed area-effects warhead and has a range of 60–499 km (37–310 mi). -wiki

Another splendid piece of Trumpfy humour .

THEY WOULD BE FRAGMENTED IN MINUTES BY ORESHNIKS FOR WHICH THERE PRESENTLY IS NO DEFENCE .

Trumpfy knows this .

To that extent it is FAKE but FUNNY News

 

[westwall]

Dude, that is ridiculous. Nobody, AND I MEAN NOBODY ever spends their way out of debt. You'd have to monetize the debt by printing or creating more money and that results in hyperinflation.

No, it actually isn't. If your revenues are so high from economic activity you can pay down the debt and build a rainy day fund.

And, to be honest.....that is the only thing that will work now.

That or mint a shiny wooden nickel and hand it over to the Fed with "Debt Paid in Full" stamped on it.

 

[JWBooth]

It's actually possible to spend yourself out of debt. If your spending results in massive economic growth you are good to go.

I think that's what Trump is trying to do.

I laugh my ass off every time that specious nonsense is trotted out.

 

[westwall]

I laugh my ass off every time that specious nonsense is trotted out.

Laugh all you want. It's all that will work now.

 

[JWBooth]

Dude, that is ridiculous. Nobody, AND I MEAN NOBODY ever spends their way out of debt. You'd have to monetize the debt by printing or creating more money and that results in hyperinflation.

Never happened, never will

 

[rightwinger]

It's actually possible to spend yourself out of debt. If your spending results in massive economic growth you are good to go.

I think that's what Trump is trying to do.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

So long as they have armor they are good to go.

Armor is heavy and makes you slow and easier to hit.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Trump obviously hasn't heard of the little skirmish known as the Battle of Midway....Capital ships are little more than bomb magnets.

Too many MIC clods in his ears.

Battleships did not participate in the Battle of Midway. Try again!

 

[JWBooth]

 

[task0778]

No, it actually isn't. If your revenues are so high from economic activity you can pay down the debt and build a rainy day fund.

And, to be honest.....that is the only thing that will work now.

That or mint a shiny wooden nickel and hand it over to the Fed with "Debt Paid in Full" stamped on it.

Okay, wait. In an earlier post (#35) you talked about spending our way out of the debt. Now you're talking about raising revenue, which I can only assume means higher taxes. I'm confused.

Where's the money going to come from to spend our way out of debt? I ain't seeing how this is going to work. Never has before, anywhere and anytime.

 

[JWBooth]

Laugh all you want. It's all that will work now.

Fallacies such as this are worthy of nothing more than ridicule. There is no example of this having ever worked.

 

[eagle1462010]

Laser weapons on ships are a self-defense weapons.

WW

So

 

[Mac-7]

Laser weapons on ships are a self-defense weapons.

WW

Not necessarily

Smaller ships protect aircraft carriers in the task force

 

[WorldWatcher]

So

Meaning lasers are not an effective offensive weapon.

Ww

 

[WorldWatcher]

Laser weapons on ships are a self-defense weapons.

WW

Not necessarily

Smaller ships protect aircraft carriers in the task force

Yes, lasers are self defense.

Not sure how the small boys in a carrier group changes physics.

Here is an overview of why.

WW
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[Crepitus]

 

[DonGlock26]

 

[Zincwarrior]

Congrats for discovering the Arliegh Burke class three decades late

 

[westwall]

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That was Joe, you dumbass.

We got rid of that perv...