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Originally Posted by Praxus
Yah, so let's say they are loaded with that round and they add GPS to it.
They could hit all of Western Europe excluding a small sliver down the center of it. With the 200nm round we could hit all of Western Europe.
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All that is good if you have an enemy with no airforce, no subs, no mines, no SSM's.
All those 200 miles are just minutes of the flight time for any of the modern jets.
The closer you get to the coast line - the lesser time you leave for your defences to react.
Almost all of the modern SSM's have coastal variant - Harpoon, Exoset etc. etc.
Russia been making coastal versions of their SSM's for ages (except they are prohibited for export because of their long range).
In modern world - battleships are obsolete, they are servants of the Her Majesty Carrier, they are just expensive toys. The only use for the BB's now is coastal bombardment and landing support.
Carrier can do all of this, plus ASuW, AAW and ASW
on it's own.
Thats why there is no BB's in service. Nor will be.