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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
"Single-mission"
That's another bit of commonly espoused misinformation Rick.
The BBs are fully capable of performing flag duties, NGFS, ASUW, strike, and sea control, even as presently configured.
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No they arent.
Its misinformation that they can do more than provide NGFS w/o major upgrades and even that would be rudimentary and limited as now configured. They cant see, they cant hear and they have no Command and Control systems.
There helo capability is strictly limited to liason and utility use.
The armored box launchers for Tomahawk will never let me repeat never be reactivated.
Command and Control much less Flag facilities would require all new electronics.
They could certainly reconstitute Harpoon and Phalanx fairly easily so???????
Actually when you make me think about it they are even more Single- Mission (or No-Mission)than I realized and even that isnt much w/o major communication upgrades.
But then Im probably wrong. Yet always the Battleships even on a good day are only considered a NGFS asset by their most credible supporters and even their abilities there are limited..
They have 16" guns that should have been made more capable than they are. But they werent and that would constitute another major upgrade to make them so.
Do me a favor stop trying to make them something they arent and wont be even if reactivated w/o major upgrades.
As they are now configured they are only "fully capable" of being museums(Wisconsin already is a De Facto Museum) at best & the IOWA not even that.
Damn I love Battleships. My Dad was in the Wisconsin during Korea. Hell I even want to see them reactivated if possible. But they are what they are and not something else.
And they will need alot of work just to be adequate NGFS assets much less anything else. Just because the USN doesnt have adequate NSFS doesnt mean the battleships are silver bullets. LOL
Just because their hulls, interior and machinery are kept in virtually pristine condition has nothing to do with sensors, weapons, communications/data links, Flag facilities or a myriad other considerations. Such as habitability, damage control, pollution control etc etc etc.
They are single-mission and single-mission only as presently configured.
Misinformation? Look in the mirror. LOL