Arsenal Ship: The U.S. Navy’s ‘Battleship’ Armed with 1,000 Missiles

Arsenal Ship: The U.S. Navy’s ‘Battleship’ Armed with 1,000 Missiles

Key Points and Summary – The Arsenal Ship was a 1990s plan for a joint-force “missile barge” packing up to 1,000 vertical-launch weapons to shield carriers, support Marines, and fire deep land-attack strikes for all services. Designed to be cheap, lightly manned, and networked to Army and Air Force commanders, it promised battleship-level firepower without a carrier’s price tag. 16-Inch Guns of USS Iowa. Image Credit: National Security Journal. …