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Originally Posted by Gun Grape
The reason that you think that is when you talk about fire support, you are focusing on Naval Gun Fire. I see NGF as part of the fires triad. One leg of that 3 legged stool. Got something that the 5" cannot handle? Fine, we have planes in a CAS stack with either GPS guided or Laser guided bombs that will handle the problem. Or the AH-1s with Hellfire or Tow2. Its not 5" solution or nothing.
Look at the last 15 years. And the role that carriers have played.And the missions that they have been used for. Things that could not be replaced by a battleship.
It seems to me that the Navy would be required to have carriers deployed all the time. What would the BB do?
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Quick reply. The first paragraph. Right on, but even with CAS etc, if the battleships are there, why risk the pilot and the bird if the target is within reach of the guns? With a mix of 5", 16", and CAS, we would have even more options at our disposal.
Second and third paragraph. I am not at all saying that a battleship would replace a carrier. Just to remind you, I am both a staunch supporter of the Carriers and Battleships along with the rest of our Navy. All ships have their benefits. The largest ship ,the carrier, was the first to leave from the hurricane Katrina relief efforts. What ship stayed around? An LHD.
With the improved rotations, the carriers would be deployed all the time and would not be affected, but the rotations of the entire fleet would be improved substantially.
Have to run, more later. Thanks Gun Grape.