CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTrump announces plans for new navy warships to be known as ‘Trump-class’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down13
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkTrump announces plans for new navy warships to be known as ‘Trump-class’www.theguardian.comCharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoI mean, that would’ve been true anyway, since battleships haven’t been useful since WWII. Trump’s involvement just means they’ll be extremely so.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThey were actually still worthwhile up into Korea but the Korean war is the weird middle child between WW2 and Vietnam that everyone forgets about.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoIt’s not that I forgot about the Korean War, it’s that I wasn’t aware it had any significant naval component for which battleships were relevant.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoThey were used for artillery along coastal regions, while not exactly the designated purpose of such ships it was highly effective. But yeah it was basically the last hoora of an aging design that had already started to become obsolete.
I mean, that would’ve been true anyway, since battleships haven’t been useful since WWII.
Trump’s involvement just means they’ll be extremely so.
They were actually still worthwhile up into Korea but the Korean war is the weird middle child between WW2 and Vietnam that everyone forgets about.
It’s not that I forgot about the Korean War, it’s that I wasn’t aware it had any significant naval component for which battleships were relevant.
They were used for artillery along coastal regions, while not exactly the designated purpose of such ships it was highly effective. But yeah it was basically the last hoora of an aging design that had already started to become obsolete.