But the navy said they needed a 7 Billion Dollar Toy.
You could Reactive and equip all Four Iowas for YEARS with that money.
Never under estimate the ability of the Military Brass to take a simple solution to a problem and blow it out of proportion (no pun intended)
What can the Iowa and Wisconsin do that a carrier air wing can't?
What a waste. Navy ships anymore are questionable at best when all it takes to get one out of action is a speedboat piloted by a jihadi.