Chinese Study Backs Big Guns Against Drone Swarms—But at What Cost?

Chinese military researchers have proposed using large naval guns to counter drone swarms, offering partial support for a key element of U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial plan for a new class of battleships. The study, published last month in the Chinese peer-reviewed journal Command Control & Simulation, suggests that shells designed to explode near drone swarms could spread fragments to damage multiple targets at once. The proposed Trump-class battleships, part of Trump’s “Golden Fleet” vision, would carry nine large naval guns, alongside missiles and electromagnetic weapons. The plan has faced…

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