To: BroJoeK
There is no need for a Battleship. The Zumwalt class destroyers are larger and heavier than the Ticonderoga class cruisers.
When the Zumwalts main weapon system becomes available, the magnetic rail gun; everything within 250 miles of its position will be in range.
20 posted on
06/01/2017 8:26:27 AM PDT by
yuleeyahoo
(Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
To: Jeff Head
21 posted on
06/01/2017 10:05:49 AM PDT by
SLB
(23rd Artillery Group, Republic of South Vietnam, Aug 1970 - Aug 1971.)
To: yuleeyahoo
"There is no need for a Battleship. " "Need" is the key word here.
With our huge aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, need is obvious -- to store, maintain and launch large aircraft & other equipment. But with destroyers, cruisers & battleships, the question becomes:
Wouldn't two or more smaller ships prove more effective and less vulnerable than a single Most Valuable Target?
I don't know the answer, which is why I asked.
24 posted on
06/03/2017 7:44:01 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
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