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To: C19fan

Here’s the problem for battleships: they usually lose against an airplane attack. Carriers have their own planes and can repulse planes far away from the carrier.


91 posted on 05/28/2015 8:31:13 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88

I know there are some Admirals that wished they had the ballistic firepower of a battleship without the overhead. There is something to being able to rain big pieces of explosive lead on a target for an hour or two. Way cheaper than missiles at $1M a toss.

‘Rods from on high’ seems like a neat option - tungsten rods let go from a satellite that cause pretty spectacular kinetic damage on impact. Problem is reloading your satellite when it runs out of rods.

A battleship without the overhead would be a nice thing to have in the arsenal. I’ve seen the rail guns. They are very beguiling until you run out of power. Just don’t run out of power.


100 posted on 05/28/2015 8:40:45 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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