New Navy Shipbuilding Plan: Trump-class Battleship will be Nuclear-powered, Carrier Design is Under Review

The new Trump-class battleship will be powered by a nuclear reactor and is not a successor to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, the Navy revealed Monday in its annual 30-year shipbuilding blueprint. The Navy’s shipbuilding plan officially acknowledges for the first time what naval observers have suggested for months – that the potentially $17.5 billion battleship could be nuclear-powered. “The nuclear-powered battleship is designed to provide the fleet with a significant increase in combat power by longer endurance, higher speed, and accommodating advanced weapon systems required for modern warfare,” reads the plan, published Monday. “Adding capability at the highest end