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To: Sir Napsalot

I wonder how a battleship’s armor would handle a modern ship killer missile. The destroyers back in the 70’s through the 90’s were aluminum from the main deck up. Not too good for stopping anything.


6 posted on 01/06/2014 1:16:38 PM PST by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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To: meatloaf

It’d bounce off. The captain of the Missouri said as much during Gulf War I.


24 posted on 01/06/2014 1:35:02 PM PST by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: meatloaf

A battleship would shrug off almost any of the modern anti-ship missiles needing little more than a paint job afterwards. I do believe there is a supersonic carrier killer missile that the Russians developed some time ago which might be a threat, but that’s about it. Those are some serious ordinance and can only be carried by strategic bombers. I also believe the Chinese have them now.


25 posted on 01/06/2014 1:35:52 PM PST by drbuzzard (All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.)
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To: meatloaf

So long as it didn’t leak it pretty much stopped water...
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54 posted on 01/06/2014 1:57:40 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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