China calls Trump battleship ‘easier target’ amid mixed US reception

U.S. President Donald Trump calls the vessel a new class of “battleship” graced by his own name , but China just calls the U.S. Navy’s latest concept a larger and “easier target” for its growing array of anti-ship drones and missiles.

A day after Trump’s Dec. 22 announcement at Mar-a-Lago that he had ordered the construction of a “Trump class” of possibly 20 to 25 battleships , China’s Global Times, a state media outlet, carried an interview with naval researcher Zhang Junshe stating that the type of warship envisioned by Trump would be a ripe target for China’s anti-ship weapons, including the so-called “carrier killer” DF-21D ballistic missile. “The large size of a battleship also makes it more vulnerable and potentially an easier target, particularly when it is densely loaded with munit