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1/6 The mania for ever bigger warships may be peaking with plans for US Navy battleships. But, even if the Trump Class don't happen, the USN will likely end up with smaller (but still pretty big) 'escort' vessels...such as 15 000 tons cruisers, in addition to an autonomous fleet.
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5/6 So, warship admirers will have plenty to salivate over - China's, the USA's, France's, and possibly even the UK's, supercarriers will still be here in 2070s, with more in the works. Unless a war causes an accelerated extinction.
6/6 Submarines are getting big too and will be so for decades to come, with SSNs already doubling in displacement from some of those in the Cold War.
Argentine Navy destroyers ARA La Argentina and ARA Sarandi (nearest) with the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during a bilateral maritime engagement in the Atlantic Ocean recently. Nimitz was conducting Southern Seas 2026, which, according to the US Navy, 'seeks to enhance
Out there now in shops is the June 2026 edition of our magazine. On the cover is the Russian Navy guided-missile corvette RFS Soobrazitelniy, at sea last month not long after escorting a sanctioned tanker through the English Channel. Photo: Michael Nitz, Naval Press Service. To
The German Navy @deutschemarine K130 Braunschweig Class corvette FGS Oldenburg inbound to @HMNBDevonport Plymouth (8.5.26). Video courtesy of @StephenJagger4
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