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“The US is in a position of having a highly-equipped, capable navy but it is in a race to recapitalise,” explains Black. The US Navy is demonstrably driving this, having recently committed $374 million in research and development funding for armed large, uncrewed surface vessels (LUSV), which, at up to 300ft long, would be a similar size to frigates. “There’s still a political focus on numbers, particularly in the US, but nowadays increasingly people are thinking more about systems and effects, including ships or unmanned vessels – small or large, in the water or flying or underwater – as part of a broader system of systems,” says Black.īlack adds that automating a significant proportion of activity that is currently dependent on personnel would drastically drive down the cost of naval operations and increase efficiency, potentially enabling a larger force. What would it cost? Would it even be worth building? Head on over to Foxtrot Alpha for the full story.According to RAND Europe research leader James Black, while in the past the response would have been driven by numbers and tonnage, the focus is beginning to shift.

The result is a 30,000-ton super ship capable of bombarding targets at up to 200 miles, unleashing land attack salvoes and antiship cruise missiles, and downing everything from enemy aircraft to incoming ballistic missiles.

Montana would have an Air and Missile Defense Radar for detecting, tracking, and engaging aerial threats, and everything would be powered by onboard nuclear reactors.

(As Farley notes, Montana is the only state that never had a battleship named after it.)įarley's battleship Montana is a beast, with two railguns, 500 vertical launch silos for missiles, and lasers for close-in defenses.

Robert Farley, professor of international relations at the University of Kentucky and author of The Battleship Book, has designed a fictional USS Montana (BBG-72), ditching the heavy guns in favor of railguns, vertical launch silos, and lasers. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play