CBO: Trump Battleship Fleet to Cost $275B
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- CBO report released Wednesday projects Trump's proposed 15-ship nuclear-powered battleship class will cost approximately $275 billion in total
- USS Defiant, the lead vessel of the new class, is projected to cost around $23.4 billion to construct
- The new class, branded the 'Golden Fleet,' is envisioned to anchor the U.S. Navy's surface fleet
- Each of the 14 follow-on ships will cost less than the lead vessel, with the per-ship figure truncated mid-paragraph in the article
Why it matters: The CBO's $275 billion baseline — with the lead ship USS Defiant alone priced at $23.4 billion — gives Congress a concrete cost figure to weigh against competing Navy modernization priorities and broader federal spending as the program moves toward authorization.
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