We still have one kind of ship which a sunburn would bounce off of, if our leaders had the brains to use them instead of making museams out of them.
Agreed. Very survivable platforms and big enough to carry just about every weapon system we have.
Take the four of them out of mothballs, put in nuclear power plants, equip with Aegis (or most modern equivqlent). replace one turret with missle launchers, order brand new ammo for the main batteries and line the sides with phalanx guns.
Wish we had the money.
Not quite -- Sunburn will penetrate 40" of armored steel.
This isn't a "Sweepers man your brooms" missile.