[Homer_J_Simpson]

It’s a top-secret navy project, so we’ll put it below the fold on page one of the N.Y. Times.

I predict these torpedo-proof battleships will not stand up to torpedoes as well as the navy hopes.

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

If any one believes battle wagons are going to make a come back.... they are smoking some thing and not sharing.

[Eye of Unk]

blech, I support dis-information to a degree but honestly the torpedoes of the future will be launched by underwater versions of the Predator, they will be using supercavitation propulsion or basically upgraded versions of an underwater high speed missile which has been used in recent years by other countries like Russia, the warhead though would be a limited range plasma sphere that can be pre-dialed in of varying diameter from less than one meter to as much as 50 meters, a plasma bubble would be hotter than the surface of the sun, produce no hazardous radiation and no shock wave other than creating secondary explosions.
A plasma torpedo can create a massive hole that removes hull plating completely not just by explosion. There is no far off fantasy of this, its been in R&D for years now.

[Petronski]

Another instance of the same typo: headline should read -70.

[doc30]

Hey everyone, the article is from 1938!

[pfflier]

Battleships? Not since the Iowa class was mothballed.

Is the MSM so ignorant of military matters that they think we still are deploying battleships?

[Eaker]

Please add me to your ping list.

Thanks,

[Billthedrill]

My first ship was a heavy cruiser whose hull was built during WWII (1943). My GQ station was below the waterline, behind 16 inches of torpedo belt, armored deck overhead with immense hydraulic hatches. Incredible slice of history. Gettin’ in was easy. Gettin’ out...

[Enchante]

"developed by the British Navy in the World War"

Ah, those were the days when the world had seen only THE "world war".....