Trump battleship an easier target: China
U.S. President Donald Trump calls the vessel a new class of “battleship” graced by his own name, but China just calls the U.S. Navy’s...
US ships: massive workforce needed
To construct the Navy’s planned Golden Fleet, U.S. naval shipbuilders must hire a quarter million people over the next decade, Secretary of the Navy...
US-built Saudi frigate launched
The Saudi Ministry of Defense confirmed the launch of HMS Saud, the first Multi-Mission Surface Combatant frigate built in the United States for the...
China’s merchant-military fleet
By Tom Sharpe*
Images have emerged of a Chinese medium-sized cargo ship, docked at Shanghai’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard, fitted with a modular electromagnetic catapult for launching...
New Russian sanctions-busting LNG tanker
The first domestically built LNG carrier with ice classification Arc7 has been handed over to buyers at the Zvezda Yard. The Alexei Kosygin will...
PLA-N’s new destroyer
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned a new Type 052D guided missile destroyer, which features upgraded radar, weapon and network systems,...
Report to Congress on new Trump-class
The following is the Dec. 30, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Guided Missile Battleship (BBG) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. The full...
Merchant fleet’s missile capacity
By Colonel T. X. Hammes, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), and Captain R. Robinson Harris, U.S. Navy (Retired)*
In the past half decade, innovators have heeded...
Trump ship: prestige over utility
By Tom Sharpe*
On December 22, 2025, at his Mar-a-Lago resort, President Trump unveiled plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship as the centrepiece of his...
US Navy to get new small frigate
US Navy Secretary John Phelan has announced the service would pursue a new frigate based on HII’s Legend-class national security cutter, which was originally...