On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:43:51 +0100, "Duncan Heenan"
wrote:




"it's me" wrote in message
...

The reason why the battleships are history is that they are out of gun
barrels. They had a huge stockpile of 16/45 gun tubes left over from
WW2 but nobody can make them any more.


"Dennis Pogson" wrote:
We could then bring back the Fairey Swordfish and the Japanese Zero, just
to
see if they can still sink these monstrosities.


Sure.... they might be slow enough that an F-18 couldn't touch
'em..... OTOH the AMRAAMs can be configured to home on engine noise so
they probably couldn't get within sight much less close enough to
strike.... hey let's bring back the Sopwith Camel too!

No boat that sails well is ever fully obsolete, gaff-riggers still
work. A battleship is an awesome naval platform and the USN is smart
to keep this option on the table.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

And they make superb targets for Exocets!

An Exocet will try to hit just above the water line, midships, where
they would remove some paint from the 12 inch belt armor.

Casady

On 20-Aug-2009, (Richard Casady) wrote:

An Exocet will try to hit just above the water line, midships, where
they would remove some paint from the 12 inch belt armor.

Casady

I am sorry Casady, I have to disagree with you here.
I feal sure that the Exocet would remove ALL the paint from the 12 inch belt
armor.