[UCANSEE2]

Against concerted air attack, and lacking air cover of its own, battleships were sitting ducks.

So... if a battleship were part of a modern Aegis Group and equipped with the latest weaponry and targeting equipment, what would happen?

[moonshot925]

There is simply no place for the battleship. Amphibious assaults have evolved away from massed shore bombardments of WW2 era. Besides, with the speed our forces are capable of moving today, they would be quickly out of the range of battleships parked 1 or 2 miles off shore. The Zumwalt class destroyers will fill the NFS gap. They have 2 6.1” guns that have 50 meter CEP accuracy, range of 59 nautical miles and can fire 10 rounds a minute. The Iowa class 16” guns had a maximum effective range of 23 nautical miles.