However, that destructive power does very little good and can cause extensive collateral damage if the shells do not land where you want them to.
The problem encountered with the USS New Jersey in Lebanon in 1983 was accuracy.
The poor accuracy in Lebanon and the 1989 gun turret explosion on the USS Iowa that killed 47 sailors convinced the Navy that the era of the Big Gun was truly over.
Tell me how it was over when the USS Missouri and Wisconsin were used with great effectivness during Desert Storm. Do you not think that those systems did not undergo some sort of tweeking and upgrade. They did.
This happens all the time in the military. Even our most modern systems we still have unintended collateral damage and fratricide incidents occur. It is all part of the process.
...sounds as though they need to remanufacture the powder.