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imported_Fluffy_Bunny · 03-05-2005, 02:58 PM

The Battleship is certainly obsolete, you only have to look at the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repluse by Imperial Jap Navy aircraft in WW2 to realise how vulnerable they are. They provide far too large a target for torpdeos, bombs and missiles and their armament, whilst being good for land bombardment is also obsolete against naval craft.

The destoyers and frigates of the Royal and U.S. Navy pack more punch than the battleship, this picture shows the results of a ship that received a direct hit by a Harpoon missile, carried by the USN & Royal Navy, as you can see, the missile went through the ship like it wasn't even there.

[img]http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/military_service/Harpoon%20damage.jpg[/img]

This photo shows the results of HMS Sheffield being hit by an exocet (damn french missile) during the Falklands War.

[img]http://www.rindzunski.com/or/Ressources/sheffield.jpg[/img]

It was only after the Falklands that modern ships were equipped with missile defense systems & gatling guns, goalkeeper, phalanx etc. But a battleships still provides far too large, expensive and poor target imho. The shells fired by a battleship could still be engaged and destroyed by the goalkeeper gun system and they just dont have the range or sophistication compared to missiles.

Yours most obliged &tc

Fluffy Bunny, HMS President, GSSR AB-2 rock:

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imported_Fluffy_Bunny is Offline Senior Member Posts: 3,564 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Reading 'Country Life' magazine in a crack wh0res brothel in Soho, London	03-05-2005, 02:58 PM The Battleship is certainly obsolete, you only have to look at the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repluse by Imperial Jap Navy aircraft in WW2 to realise how vulnerable they are. They provide far too large a target for torpdeos, bombs and missiles and their armament, whilst being good for land bombardment is also obsolete against naval craft. The destoyers and frigates of the Royal and U.S. Navy pack more punch than the battleship, this picture shows the results of a ship that received a direct hit by a Harpoon missile, carried by the USN & Royal Navy, as you can see, the missile went through the ship like it wasn't even there. [img]http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/military_service/Harpoon%20damage.jpg[/img] This photo shows the results of HMS Sheffield being hit by an exocet (damn french missile) during the Falklands War. [img]http://www.rindzunski.com/or/Ressources/sheffield.jpg[/img] It was only after the Falklands that modern ships were equipped with missile defense systems & gatling guns, goalkeeper, phalanx etc. But a battleships still provides far too large, expensive and poor target imho. The shells fired by a battleship could still be engaged and destroyed by the goalkeeper gun system and they just dont have the range or sophistication compared to missiles. Yours most obliged &tc Fluffy Bunny, HMS President, GSSR AB-2 rock: