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Military Ships (was Your Typical Beneteau!)
Dennis Pogson wrote:
I was being facetious, you are quite right, the old Fairey Swordfish marked the end of the battleship era. I would have thought that would have been obvious to the military boffins during WW1, but it took another 25 years to prove the point. Reagan recommissioned a couple of battleships. While it seemed crazy they performed very well for shore bombardment duties. Then there's the submariner's view: There are two kinds of ships: submarines, and targets. But they are the guys that had my father-in-law as a stoker on a diesel-electric boat! Andy |
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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:02:15 +0100, Andy Champ
wrote: Reagan recommissioned a couple of battleships. While it seemed crazy they performed very well for shore bombardment duties. It was crazy. They performed well for a battleship but not compared to modern precision guided munitions. Accuracy at typical range was something like plus or minus 400 feet, close enough to scare your target but not necessarily destroy it. |
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That was the accuracy back in WWII. In Beirut they were hitting houses.
But the main thing is it is very hard to sink a battleship. Most antiship missiles today will not penetrate there thick hide. On 16-Aug-2009, Wayne.B wrote: Reagan recommissioned a couple of battleships. While it seemed crazy they performed very well for shore bombardment duties. It was crazy. They performed well for a battleship but not compared to modern precision guided munitions. Accuracy at typical range was something like plus or minus 400 feet, close enough to scare your target but not necessarily destroy it. |
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On 16-Aug-2009, cavelamb wrote: wrote: That was the accuracy back in WWII. In Beirut they were hitting houses. But the main thing is it is very hard to sink a battleship. Most antiship missiles today will not penetrate there thick hide. They don't have to penetrate the hull to disable the ship. And can you explain how that might work? |
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:17:04 -0500, cavelamb
wrote: wrote: On 16-Aug-2009, cavelamb wrote: wrote: That was the accuracy back in WWII. In Beirut they were hitting houses. But the main thing is it is very hard to sink a battleship. Most antiship missiles today will not penetrate there thick hide. They don't have to penetrate the hull to disable the ship. And can you explain how that might work? The superstructure is still vulnerable. That's where all the sensors, antenna, and weapons are located. Take out the electronics and the ship is combat ineffective. It was quite common during navel battles, WW II, for ships to be rendered unable to fight either offensively or defensively and not sunk. In fact, I believe that most large warships that were sunk were first damaged to the extent that they couldn't fight and then shelled until they sunk. Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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Military Ships (was Your Typical Beneteau!)
On 17-Aug-2009, cavelamb wrote: wrote: That was the accuracy back in WWII. In Beirut they were hitting houses. But the main thing is it is very hard to sink a battleship. Most antiship missiles today will not penetrate there thick hide. They don't have to penetrate the hull to disable the ship. And can you explain how that might work? The superstructure is still vulnerable. That's where all the sensors, antenna, and weapons are located. Take out the electronics and the ship is combat ineffective. Dead wrong: 1. The superstructure is not vulnerable, it is 12 inches thick. 2. They carry spar and emergency antennas. 3. All they need is GPS and a data link with an AWACS to take out ANYTHING in range. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:02:15 +0100, Andy Champ wrote: Reagan recommissioned a couple of battleships. While it seemed crazy they performed very well for shore bombardment duties. It was crazy. They performed well for a battleship but not compared to modern precision guided munitions. Accuracy at typical range was something like plus or minus 400 feet, close enough to scare your target but not necessarily destroy it. Odd, I thought I recalled them being used a cruise missile launchers among other things... Andy |
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Military Ships (was Your Typical Beneteau!)
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:52:31 +0100, Andy Champ
wrote: Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:02:15 +0100, Andy Champ wrote: Reagan recommissioned a couple of battleships. While it seemed crazy they performed very well for shore bombardment duties. It was crazy. They performed well for a battleship but not compared to modern precision guided munitions. Accuracy at typical range was something like plus or minus 400 feet, close enough to scare your target but not necessarily destroy it. Odd, I thought I recalled them being used a cruise missile launchers among other things... They might have had some cruise missles also but that was secondary to the big battleship guns. A battleship is a very inefficient platform for launching missles since the historical advantages were heavily armored hulls and massive artillery, none of which is required for missle launching since it can be safely done from hundreds of miles away. Cruise missles have an accuracy of about 10 feet or better vs maybe 400 ft for a battleship's guns on a good day. |
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