The 'Trump-class' battleship faces a large obstacle in its way: Reality
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Even if it were technically feasible, the cost of building the battleship would be prohibitive.

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.

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    Vasa (previously Wasa) (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɑːsa] ⓘ) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628.

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    The ship was built on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus as part of the military expansion he initiated in a war with Poland-Lithuania (1621–1629). It was constructed at the navy yard in Stockholm under a contract with private entrepreneurs in 1626–1627 and armed primarily with bronze cannons cast in Stockholm specifically for the ship. Richly decorated as a symbol of the king’s ambitions for Sweden and himself, upon completion she was one of the most powerfully armed vessels in the world. However, Vasa was dangerously unstable, with too much weight in the upper structure of the hull. Despite this lack of stability, she was ordered to sea and sank only a few minutes after encountering a wind stronger than a breeze.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

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