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Originally Posted by gunnut
How about taking the Burke hull, armor it up, strip 3/4 of the VLS, downgrade Aegis to SPY-3, and install 2 AGS and 2 57mm Bofors?
This ship will have no practical use other than to win a gun fight against small boats.  |
If it ever happens to be in the way of a 60kt go-fast, maybe. Otherwise its helo will have to do the job.
And AGS is not going to be a great ASuW weapon. It's all about striking land targets. It won't have the traverse speed or ROF to deal with fast, small boats.
No, IMHO, the way to win a the fight against small boats is to have large numbers of better small boats, and airpower.