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Originally Posted by Praxus
Guess what, a single BB in a single hour can deliver more firepower then an entire sorty from an Aircraft Carrier.
A BB is the most well defended ship in the United States Navy, it has something like 18 inches of steel plate around the side. Anti-Ship missiles will have a very hard time penetrating even if they get past the defenses on the escorts and the defenses on the BB itself.
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Deliver to where? To the enemy ships? Any commander that allowed enemy ships to get so close will be relieved, and you know that.
Deliver to the coastal targets? There is much cheaper platforms to do that, like cruisers or DDs.
Imho, nobody wants to put all the eggs into the single basket, which is BB. It maybe the most defended, but it's still not invulnerable.
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A BB with exteneded range rounds would not be sitting 2 miles off the beach, it would be a good 20 miles or so off.
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And there is "fire and forget" torpedoes with ranges up to 40-70 nautical miles.
You just need to put that thing in the water.