{"id":50685,"date":"2026-01-16T01:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/16\/us-navy-leaders-embrace-trump-class-battleships\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:12:54","slug":"us-navy-leaders-embrace-trump-class-battleships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2026\/01\/16\/us-navy-leaders-embrace-trump-class-battleships\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy leaders embrace Trump-class battleships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Navy leaders speaking at a military conference this week outlined what they described as the strategic opportunities of the recently announced Trump-class battleships and why the service is embracing the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, speaking at the 38th Annual Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, explained that he understood the initial reticence to accept the inclusion of battleships as part of the Navy\u2019s new Golden Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe just have biases, cognitive biases, in our brain,\u201d Caudle said. \u201cAnd what comes to our brain is a thing that goes, like, \u2018Why is the Navy building that?\u2019 Well, everything\u2019s an evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battleships, which he labeled as \u201cbadass,\u201d would afford the service multiple critical capabilities: massive payload volume, speed, the ability to get anywhere in the world, the ability to command and control operations and the ability to fulfill multiple missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump announced the Navy\u2019s new Golden Fleet during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fleet will include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/12\/22\/navy-to-begin-constructing-2-trump-class-battleships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/12\/22\/navy-to-begin-constructing-2-trump-class-battleships\/\">two Trump-class battleships<\/a>, which Trump said would be the fastest and biggest battleships in the world and 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caudle said he fielded many questions about unmanned technology but that autonomous technology didn\u2019t always present the best capabilities for deterrence, especially when you had a battleship with a significant ability to attack waiting in the wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I want to shoot 100 things from 100 things, or I want to shoot 100 things from one thing, which is harder?\u201d Caudle asked rhetorically.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2026\/01\/14\/navy-must-take-risks-act-like-the-us-is-at-war-says-phelan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phelan.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy must take risks, act like the US is at war, says Phelan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy Secretary John Phelan delivered remarks at the 38th Annual Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enabling a general purpose force like the battleship, he said, was paramount for the success of the Navy\u2019s future missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battleship, however, won\u2019t be nuclear powered, even though Caudle admitted it seemed logical for it be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy wanted to get the battleship into the water as fast as possible, and as a result, omitting nuclear power would speed up its production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rear Adm. 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