[Bobibutu]

The quals to be a commander of one of these puppys is immense

Yeah, Jimmy the C commanded a nuke sub and was good at it - lousy politition tho - shud have stuck to subs and peanuts :-)

[demlosers]

The quals to be a commander of one of these puppys is immense

No doubt about that.

I was speaking hypothetical. The old WW2 warship would never know what hit them, and they wouldn't be able to fight back -- they wouldn't be able to see the Aegis. Way out of range of their popshooters.