Why the US Navy Is Bringing Back Battleships After 34 Years

𝗕𝘂𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗨𝗦 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀! 🚀 https://explainedmedia.gumroad.com/l/... Why the US Navy Is Bringing Back Battleships After 34 Years Welcome back as we go inside the most expensive surface warship the United States has ever planned to build — a nuclear-powered battleship carrying a price tag of $23.4 billion for a single hull, more than any aircraft carrier in the fleet. The US Navy retired its last battleship in 1992. The Iowa class was struck from the register, sent to museum piers, and the verdict was final: big guns had lost to missiles, armor had lost to precision, and the era was over. Thirty-four years later, the Navy plans to build fifteen new ones under a program the Congressional Budget Office estimates at $275 billion. This video breaks down what actually changed. Why the Iowa-class ships died the first time, why the Reagan-era reactivation in the 1980s failed to stick, what the new Trump-class design really carries — 35,000 tons, nuclear propulsion, 128 vertical launch cells and hypersonic missile launchers — and the problem inside the fleet that this ship was designed to solve. It has a name that never makes headlines: magazine depth. We also look at the contradiction sitting in the middle of the program. The rail gun planned for this ship is the same weapon the Navy itself shut down at the end of 2021, after fifteen years and roughly $500 million. And the last time the Navy built a warship around an immature gun system, it ended with three Zumwalt destroyers carrying the most advanced naval guns ever made and no ammunition to fire from them. Sources include the Congressional Budget Office, USNI News, Naval News, and the Navy's own 30-year shipbuilding plan. If you're interested in naval engineering, warship design, and the decisions that shape modern sea power, this is one worth watching to the end. #Battleship #USNavy