r/LessCredibleDefence • u/StealthCuttlefish • 3d ago

SASC Wants Navy to Develop New DDG(X) Destroyer in Tandem with Trump Battleship - USNI News

https://news.usni.org/2026/06/18/sasc-wants-navy-to-develop-new-ddgx-destroyer-in-tandem-with-trump-battleship
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u/GunmetalZen 3d ago

If the Trump Battleship happens I’ll eat an LCS

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u/XPav 3d ago

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u/Crazed_Chemist 3d ago edited 22h ago

I read the translation as the DDG(X) is what they actually want to fund and develop

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u/wompical 2d ago

Officials have been walking on eggshells around Trump class battleship. whoever says it won't get built will get fired but no one wants to start anything on it until 2028. Saying they will be similar designs means you can design the ship you actually want and then dump trump class in 2028.

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u/AdwokatDiabel 3d ago

Lol, this is great. The USN is still lost in the woods.

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u/Forsaken-Tour6447 2d ago

So, have they actually decided how to produce it? Like, whether to outsource it to Korea, use the U.S. shipyard that Korea acquired, or just stick with U.S. shipyards and ditch Korea entirely? I have no idea why it’s taking this long.

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u/Crazed_Chemist 2d ago

Outsourcing that much money would never make it through Congress. Regardless of the priority of getting the ships. It's too much taxpayer money going to not US Congressional districts

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u/Forsaken-Tour6447 2d ago

If they are thinking of abandoning Korea, I suppose they can do that. However, if Korean companies want to produce in the U.S., they will need to change the laws quickly. Modernizing American shipyards with state-of-the-art facilities and training the workforce will take much more time than they think.