AUG 6, 2026
The Congressional Budget Office costed the U.S. Navy's proposed Trump-class battleship at roughly 35,000 tons. GlobalMilitary.net inventory data shows the largest cruiser or destroyer in service anywhere displaces 15,907 tons, and only 14 hulls worldwide exceed 11,000.
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AUG 6, 2026
The Congressional Budget Office estimated on August 5, 2026 that the U.S. Navy's 15-ship Trump-class battleship program would cost $275 billion through 2056, with a lead ship at $23.4 billion and a design larger than any surface combatant built since 1945.
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AUG 5, 2026
Yuma Proving Ground has fired a full-scale hypersonic warhead from a cannon derived from the canceled Strategic Long Range Cannon, giving the Army a cheaper way to measure what a Mach 5 impact actually does to a target.
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