President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new Trump-class guided missile battleship makes clear that he intends to strengthen America’s military power, whatever one thinks of the name. The ...

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 latest concept a larger and "easier target" for its growing array ...

People’s Liberation Army Navy ships Yueyang (FF 575) (left) and Haikou (DD 171) (right) participate in a replenishment-at-sea ...

President Donald Trump’s stunning year-end announcement that he is redirecting decades of U.S. Naval planning by re-emphasizing surface, rather than submarine warfare with construction of a new class ...

With much fanfare, just before Christmas, President Trump unveiled a rendering of the USS Defiant, a new Trump-class battleship and the biggest warship the U.S. has constructed since WWII.

The war in Iran is highlighting the importance of ships – not just warships but cargo vessels – like those carrying oil or gas trapped near the Strait of Hormuz. But American shipbuilding is in ...