House defense bill bans construction of Trump-class battleship
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Nick Hilden
4d ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary
The House Armed Services Committee's draft defense policy bill for the National Defense Authorization Act explicitly bans the construction of President Trump's proposed Trump-class battleship. The $1.15 trillion proposal blocks the president's plan, announced in December, to build what he described as the fastest, biggest, and most powerful battleship ever constructed.
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President Donald Trump announced plans to construct the new battleship class in December, which he said would be 'the fastest, the biggest and by far — 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.'
On Tuesday, the House Armed Services Committee released the draft of its annual defense policy bill ahead of the panel’s marathon National Defense Authorization Act markup next week, and Punchbowl News defense reporter Briana Reilly has revealed that the
