[lurk]

The Iowa’s are awesome, effective, beautiful museum pieces. But the cost of refitting them with new energy and tech systems is not worth it.

[PapaBear3625]

Raytheon has been developing ramjet missiles which are brought up to ramjet operating speed (supersonic) by being fired from cannon.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33425/raytheon-is-developing-a-ramjet-artillery-round-for-the-armys-new-super-howitzers

I would imaging a ramjet missile fired from a 16-inch gun could be made pretty powerful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vIPNElDkns