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Originally Posted by Dreadnought
*The rules were explained at the beginning of the thread. You wanted to talk missles, missles, missles, Well hows that one for missles?
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Great. You described a missile (Tactical Tomahawk) that didn't exist when the last Iowa class battleship was in commission, in a version (nuclear) that does not exist to this day and give it capabilities (high-altitude air-burst) that it does not have.
Why stop there? Whey not just give the Iowa's phaser cannons and photon torpedo's?
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LONG-RANGE LASER/SATELLITE RELAY COMMUNICATIONS[/b]: The impressive communications array of the battleship can communicate with up to 500 craft simultaneously at ranges of up to 900 miles (1,440 km). This range can be boosted indefinitely by using satellites or other spacecraft as to relay communications.
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I thought we were not allowing outside help? Indeed, I believe you were the one who said it, just a few posts back.
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LONG-RANGE RADAR[/b]: The radar array of the battleship is equally as impressive as the communication system, and can track and identify up to 500 craft simultaneously. The radar system has a 2,000 mile/3,200 km range.
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This is fascinating. Most open-sources give SPS-49 an effective range of 400km against large air targets. It is an air search radar after all.
[quote]DECOYS: SLQ-25A Nixie towed torpedo decoy. [/qote]
A torpedo decoy that would be ineffective against the fish carried by Kirov which employ wake-homing terminal guidance in anti-ship mode.
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*The missile achieved initial operational capability in 1982 for TASM in surface ships, 1983 for TASM in submarines, 1984 for TLAM in surface ships, and 1987 for TLAM-N. On September 27, 1991, President Bush announced that all tactical nuclear weapons would be removed from US Navy surface ships and attack submarines. The order included all TLAM-Ns, which were placed in storage.
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TLAM is not TACTOM. You said TACTOM. The original TLAM can not do what you described in your earlier post. TACTOM could do the navigation bit, but not the high altitude air burst. Nuff said.