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Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.
of course. And? still isnt interesting to have guided Nukes and a sub having more firepower then all bombs dropped in WWII. seriously isnt very fun having missle wars with people 500 miles away as opposed to up close and personal outdated FPS good ol fashion Cannon battle.
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Well it isn't supposed to be 'fun'.
And as TLAM Strike says, battling an assymetric attack by pirates or extremists or Iranian boghammers would be a very 'whites of the eyeballs' experience. I promise you when you are facing those kinds of threats all the modern firepower in the world wont eliminate your fear.
Just as Javelin missiles havnt stopped soldiers having to do nasty up close work, Harpoon missiles havnt seen the end of naval gunnery (of all calibres). I'd argue that the 5 inch mount is still the primary weapon of western escorts, except perhaps the 12.7mm.