I like this idea. Give it 16 inch rail guns.
Take an Iowa class battleship out of mothballs. Give nuclear propulsion and state of the tech. New ammo for the 16 inch guns and a panoply of offensive and defensive missiles.
Then sail her up and down the Formosa straight 24/7/365
“New ammo for the 16 inch guns and a panoply of offensive and defensive missiles.”
Scratch the guns, their utility is so diminished as to be passed.
I like the idea of a new power plant. Add Aegis and 252 VLS tubes and I’m in.
We need a new Battleship—The Trump Class—smaller—more like a heavy cruiser, armed with Rail guns, rockets, AA systems as well as 8 inch cannons—in a rapid fire systems. Name them after Native American Tribes (like Civil war Monitors) First one The USS Mohawk (a new york tribe) —Lots of automatic systems so a smaller crew could be used. It should be an armored monster to reflect the new USN. We should also have smaller—destroyer sized— Drone Carriers for the drones to fight the naval ears of the 21st Century —And subs, lots of quite, deep diver subs—Hunter killers with all the electronic gear we can fit on them. First one the USS Hunley.
Given the advances in Artillery tech, a Modernized Iowa, with modernized shells, could throw exploding Volkswagens 150-300 miles away.
Need to rebuild the steel plants that were shut down by liberals, especially on the west coast though i can arguably say Trump might bypass Kallifornica.
We do NOT need our warships built with cheap chinese steel, they deliberately make it right on the edge of useless, just enough to pass the tests, but still subgrade compared to US steel or even german steel.
I like this idea. Give it 16 inch rail guns.
I like it. But I think we can do better.
