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The National Interest on MSN1d
Stop Saying the Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Are the “New Battleships”
Critics have rightly lambasted the Zumwalt-class destroyers as “ships without a mission,” plagued by technological overreach and operational irrelevance.
Megaprojects on MSN14h
Kirov-Class Battlecruisers and the Rebirth of Naval Firepower
The Kirov-Class was born when the world had written off battleships as obsolete. This Soviet-era nuclear-powered leviathan ...
USS Mitscher departs Naval Station Norfolk, heading to U.S. European Command
USS Mitscher is deploying from Norfolk to the U.S. European Command with 300 sailors. NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Mitscher (DDG 57 ...
National Security Journal on MSN6d
The Navy’s Alaska-Class WWII Battlecruiser Failure Was Obvious
The Alaska-class ships were unique American warships from World War II, designed as massive “large cruisers” or ...