And a big hard penis alt

I'm not one of those people that think that large surface combatants will somehow be made obsolete by seagoing drones - quite the opposite, in fact. I think LSCs will continue to play an enduring, crucial role in naval warfare going forward.

But this "battleship" fantasy is total dipshit bonkers.

Also, naming the first "Trump-class" warship "USS Defiant" is such unconscionable Captain Benjamin Sisko Slander - we can all agree on that, right?

Defense bluesky today:

I don't care if the "Trump-class BBG" never gets built (highly likely that's the case). It's a symptom of a far deeper sickness within the Navy and the DoD as a whole. It's indicative of a far greater, more widespread malaise, of a fundamental lack of spine, brains, intestinal fortitude, and etc.