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Old 01-02-2008, 02:24 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Blademaster View Post
Then the Kirov would win just because of her superior long range weapons. If I was the captain of Kirov, I would never let the Iowa class battleships get in the firing envelope of my ship. I would send out corvettes or frigates out as screens and pinpoint the battleship and launch the Shipwrecks. The Shipwrecks doesn't have to breach the armour belt to do her job. She just need to take out the turrets. Once the turrets are disabled, the Iowa class battleship is basically a sitting duck if she runs out of Tomahawks.
De turrets be the baddest part of the ship. If it can't penetrate the armor belt, it certainly can't penetrate the turrets.
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