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ninty · 03-05-2005, 12:08 PM

I don't really know that much about naval warfare, but I would say that a battleship would never get anywhere near a carrier group. Subs and cruisers would sink it before it knew what was happening.

Battleships were needed in teh early 20th century because the bigger the ship, the more guns you could fit on it, the more chance you had of sinking another battleship. Its not like that anymore. That analogy could be aligned with how in WWI and partly in WWII countries would just send swarms of troops to try to take over the enemy. Thats sort of like what a battleship is. Overwhelming with sheer force. But there are ways around that that made it obsolete. There are stealthy ships and quiet ships and all these ships that could sink a battleship like nothing. I guess agility and speed is needed more than sheer firepower.

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	03-05-2005, 12:08 PM I don't really know that much about naval warfare, but I would say that a battleship would never get anywhere near a carrier group. Subs and cruisers would sink it before it knew what was happening. Battleships were needed in teh early 20th century because the bigger the ship, the more guns you could fit on it, the more chance you had of sinking another battleship. Its not like that anymore. That analogy could be aligned with how in WWI and partly in WWII countries would just send swarms of troops to try to take over the enemy. Thats sort of like what a battleship is. Overwhelming with sheer force. But there are ways around that that made it obsolete. There are stealthy ships and quiet ships and all these ships that could sink a battleship like nothing. I guess agility and speed is needed more than sheer firepower.