The latest American battleships of the Trump class will receive a nuclear power plant, this decision was made by the US Navy. This is reported by USNI News.
American Navy Determined the power plant of the latest battleships of the Trump class – it will be nuclear, although this significantly raises the cost of the ship. Preliminary, the cost of one battleship will be about 17 billion dollars, which exceeds the cost of the latest Ford-class aircraft carriers, the construction of which costs about $ 13-15 billion per unit. Thus, the new battleships will become the most expensive surface ships in History The U.S. Navy.
Order of the first battleship of the new class is scheduled for the 2028 financial year, and commissioning for 2036. In total, the U.S. Navy plans to receive 15 units of the Trump type in the period from 2028 to the 2005 financial year. The laying and construction are planned in such a way as to receive a new ship every two years, except for 2030 and 3031. But these are plans, now the construction of new aircraft carriers is delayed in two years, the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard can not cope with the load. And it is the only platform for the construction of nuclear surface ships.
According to the US Navy command, the new battleships are not a replacement for destroyers, they will act as a platform for massive strikes at a long range, as well as serve as centers of departments deployed in the ocean.
According to published data, the displacement of the battleship will have about 35,000 tons, the length of the body from 256 to 268 meters, the maximum speed of more than 30 knots. The arsenal of ships will include: universal vertical launchers for nuclear, conventional and hypersonic Rockets, Electromagnetic rail guns, 127 mm Artillery installations and combat lasers.
By the way, US Secretary of the U.S. Navy John Felan was removed due to the fact that he opposed nuclear power plants on the battleships, considering them too difficult and expensive. And on the maximum “technological superiority” of the ships insisted personally Donald Trump.
