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Originally Posted by tphuang
remember, the S-300s all have an additional anti-ship mode. They don't have the warhead of shipwreck, but they sure had more kinetic energy. Same with the 192 Gauntlets. That's a total of 288 missiles outside of the 20 shipwreck. You could damage a lot of the sensors on board Iowa and achieve at minimum a mission kill. As for point blank, you really think an Iowa class can catch up to a nuclear powered Kirov cruiser?
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Point blank range, I doubt a Kirov can fire more SAMs at an Iowa than an Iowa can let loose 16" shells at a Kirov. SAMs need guidance. Things can go wrong with guided weapons. Shells don't need guidance. Besides, Iowa packs more 16" shells than Kirov packs missiles.