First of all, hello to all. I have been lurking here for awhile and decided to join to get everyone's impressions of something i read about the other day. I dont think its been discussed here, or if it has, not recently.
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While reading the above thread, which is a couple years old, on another website, I came upon James Barends' comment, which I found very interesting. One of the battleships biggest weaknesses in the 21st century is (in my opinion) its lack of long range firepower. Engagement ranges are now measured in hundreds of miles rather than yards.
The Navy is currently spending massive amounts of money on the new DD(X) destroyer and its Advanced Gun System. When first reading about this system, I was thinking that, its 100 mile range gave it a decided advantage over the shorter range battleship guns. But if saboted 16 inch rounds can hit targets at 100+ miles (or maybe much further, according to the author the post), and with considerably more punch than the DD(X), does this cause anyone here who considers the battleships obsolete to reconsider?
Also, if anyone has any more information on the saboted rounds, I'd be interested to hear about them.
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While reading the above thread, which is a couple years old, on another website, I came upon James Barends' comment, which I found very interesting. One of the battleships biggest weaknesses in the 21st century is (in my opinion) its lack of long range firepower. Engagement ranges are now measured in hundreds of miles rather than yards.
The Navy is currently spending massive amounts of money on the new DD(X) destroyer and its Advanced Gun System. When first reading about this system, I was thinking that, its 100 mile range gave it a decided advantage over the shorter range battleship guns. But if saboted 16 inch rounds can hit targets at 100+ miles (or maybe much further, according to the author the post), and with considerably more punch than the DD(X), does this cause anyone here who considers the battleships obsolete to reconsider?
Also, if anyone has any more information on the saboted rounds, I'd be interested to hear about them.
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