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Originally Posted by IDonT
Has anyone ever estimate the effects of unspent fuel from the shipwreck will have on the Iowa? Those suckers are hard to put out.
The main advantage of the Kirov is that it has a much better chance of shooting down the Harpoon and TASM than the Iowa has of shooting down the Shipwreck missiles.
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For one the Shipwreck has to hit an Iowa for that to be of any concern.
And why would it have a much better chance of shooting down a Harpoon or TASM.?
The only thing the Soviets could do to an Iowa was to sail a tanker or freighter infront of her or cutting across the bow slowly. However when they would see a 5" mount or 16" turrent start turning in their direction they quickly moved out of the way. It has happened more times then just once. They dont screw with the Iowas and having had a chat with a very nice gentlemen from the Soviet navy it reinforces the point they dont screw with the Iowas for fear of retaliation on the Iowas part. If we wanted to kill a missle cruiser it wouldn't be just a set of missles from one approach and you can bet the Duma upon that.
