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To: finnman69

Hood was a battlecruiser not a battleship. Big difference in protection and internal subdivision.


101 posted on 06/18/2005 11:09:41 AM PDT by DarthVader (Always ready to educate liberals by beating them profusely about the head with a Louisville Slugger.)
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To: DarthVader
Fine, here's the Yamato getting creamed in WW2. Now this is in WW2 where torpedo warheads, bombs, and weaponry was much smaller. The Yamato took multiple hits from these smaller weapons, but I would imagine in today's environment, one or two hits would sink a WW2 era battleship easy.

No comparison to the modern lethality of modern torpedos, aerial bombs, and air to surface anti-ship cruise missiles w/ 1000 kilo HE warheads. Armor is no defense.


107 posted on 06/18/2005 11:21:05 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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