Posted on 12/23/2025 9:37:14 AM PST by Navy Patriot
President Donald Trump has announced the creation of a new Golden Fleet designed to jump start the Navy.
During a press conference on Monday from Mar-a-Lago, Trump revealed that the Navy will begin constructing two new battleships with 100 times the power of existing war ships. The “all steel” vessels will be equipped with guns, missiles, hypersonic weapons and high-powered lasers.
“They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far, 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” Trump said while standing alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Navy Secretary John Phelan and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The president revealed he began designing these new ships during his first term in office. The ships, which will be the largest and most lethal vessels built for combat, will be completed and ready to be used in about two and a half years.
The first two ships will immediately start being built. Soon after, the Navy will begin working on up to 10 and eventually 20 ships, aiming to have 25 ships in total.
The battleships will feature new technologies that have never been combined on a single ship. While not all technologies will be installed at once, the ships will be designed to allow them to be added later.
This comes as tensions continue to skyrocket with Venezuela, as the president has hinted he could begin striking the Latin American nation.
During his remarks, President Trump said these new Navy vessels will restore American dominance on the world stage.
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I’m no expert, but aren’t battleships obsolete?
Next democrat president will have them cancelled.
Ask Maduro.
I really do think from a military perspective, things are in a great deal of flux. Like in 1940/41, or in 1917/18.
A lot of people here are right to worry about a losing a sitting duck “battleship” like in 1941.
Study the HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales in December of 1941. The sortied out from British “Fortress” (the one with no Landward defenses) Singapore two days after Pearl Harbor.
Some said Pearl Harbor wasn’t a good test of battleships versus planes because they were tied up in a very enclosed space. Peral Harbor worked because it was a surprise attack during peace negotiations.
The British had the long-standing Singapore Strategy where Britain would dispatch a powerful fleet from Singapore in a time of crisis.
However, that idea depended on several assumptions that failed to hold by 1941.
Britain lacked sufficient time and escort ships, as well as the air cover required, to send a force large enough to deter or defend against a full-scale assault.
Still, n December 10, 1941, the British HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Malaya. This marked the first time in history that capital ships were destroyed solely by air power while at sea, heralding a significant shift in naval doctrine.
So, what are we doing by planning to use battleships in 2025!!!???
Well, these are not battleships. Trump misnames them.
They are laser/railgun platforms. Using such weapons will require an enormous amount of electrical power that has to be generated and sustained and right now, only a very large platform (call it what you will) can accommodate such power.
Are they sitting ducks to Chinese hypersonic missiles? Well, the US Navy will have hypersonic, too. They are part and parcel to the game. The idea is don’t throw your ships at them pell-mell, but rather stand back and hit long range, and closer-as more weapons can be brought forward.
As to anyone who make claims of stupidity and naivety to whatever planners are creating these ships, I think they need to take a much more than knee jerk reaction to the plan before they make such assumptions.
Ask Xi Jinping.
Is The Donald our greatest president or what!?
The reason the battleships were retired for two major reasons: Cost to operate and maintain the old oil fired steam plants, and the introduction of precision bombs that meant the lobbing volkswagons from 50 miles off shore could be replaced by more flexible and longer range air power.
A modern battleship, however, designed to provide its own air defense, hardened (steel vs aluminum) against attack, and armed with big guns (rail or otherwise) could return needed support to things like amphibious assault operations.
I’m not crazy about this. It seems to be more of a gift to manufacturers than a viable military strategy. Big piles of tax dollars with bullseyes for our enemies all over them. Not good.
Honestly a Cruiser with missiles seems more likely imo. We’ve tested those kinds of platforms and its a workable and familiar technology.
I’m ok testbedding a railgun ship, but is it really something that has more military value than say a hypersonic missile launcher?
I remember someone floating the idea (pun intended) of large floating concrete platforms to serve as offshore weapons platforms that would basically be impossible to sink and easy to repair (think quick-patch). They could be either sailed under their own power or towed into position.
Is there any merit to this concept/approach?
Yes and No.
Just as the weapons that can kill battleships increase and become more effective, the same technologies and strategies can be adapted to use against those who intend to be battleship killers.
Combat, tactics and strategies change in every conflict.
It's more a factor of the quality of people a nation has, making and using the weapons, tactics and strategies.
Next democrat president will line them up at Pearl Harbor.
If they can perfect military lasers, then they could at least guard against drones and missiles.
I think at this stage all bets are on. We don’t know what’s going to make or break in the future.
Drones are a real big deal. They need to work on drone defenses. Railguns, nah... Lasers, yes!
I think Trump cares about this country, our way of life and our military, very much more so than any president in my long lifetime.
I don’t think he’s doing this as a neocon, or deep state weapons trader. Perhaps he could be duped by smart men... But...
I think he sees things more in the way of a president who wants to defend rather than invade. This is what the Navy and Air Force is all about. If we have to, we’ll fight you on the ground, and you’ll wish you were never born, but in the meantime, stand back away from our country. Very Teddy Roosevelt-ish.
USS Donald J Trump
Yes, the enormous electrical power from three or four nuclear power plants will make Trump Class "Battleships" very deadly to anything human or machine, above the surface of the ocean, and The Skimmers have us Submariners to protect their underside.
Well, Post Revolution, and you'll have to have President Ronald Reagan standing beside him.
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