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Originally Posted by Krauter
The only problem I see with using battleships is;
Who the hell are we going to use them on?
Sure it's a great shore bombardment weapon, but in this day and age of keeping collateral damage to a minimum, (and I presume these cannot use guided munitions), I don't think these will really be placed on battleships..
I could be wrong (and I hope so).
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You are wrong, conventional guns can use
guided munitions, we have had them since the Gulf War. No reason why the new Rail Guns can't use a similar round.
(I can see the gears turning in everyone's heads right now... yes this weapon just got scarier... its a couple dozen rounds a minute 200 mile range dirt cheap smart bomb launcher.)
On a related note similar technology is going to be launching our planes off carriers soon. The first EMALS cat launch of a Hornet is to happen before the end of the year.