Key Points
Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts
Experts described it as a “prestige project,” a “bomb magnet” and said that “this ship will never sail.”
Even if it were technically feasible, the cost of building the battleship would be prohibitive.
You know Iran has AI torpedo drones, right? They’re called Valfajr torpedos.
And more exotic ideas:
https://maritime-executive.com/article/iran-releases-footage-of-world-s-first-sub-launched-suicide-drone
Anyone actually paying attention to Iran will tell you that “bigger is better” Trump ideas are just giant floating “sink me” signs compared to fast, easy to produce swarms of smart explosives.
Yeah the next generation of serious combat will probably be significantly influenced by who has the best underwater capabilities, unless someone builds some kind of flying fortress for laser attacks and air denial