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Akotalaya · 07-24-14, 06:52 PM

i do see where your coming from, but if you look at the Vietnam war, the Iowa that assisted there actually hit its targets pretty accurately, not to mention, she also took out more fortifications than expected, when it comes down to it the numbers have added up, it costs over 160 million to operate the russian kirov for a year, and the iowa was somewhere around 99 million per year to operate, that includes crew costs, fuel and any repairs, the basics pretty much, it was also said she was easy to adapt and modify, large amounts of space made this easy, and they also stated it would take less money to modernize and re fit than it would be to build a new oliver hazard, i think i stated that in my op, also, her 5 inch guns had rocket propelled ammunition from what i have read, and i also read that she can maintain continuous fire for 70 days straight, unlike todays ships, that can only maintain about 8..she has litterally proven superior in almost every way, from being cheaper to actually operate and maintain to having more range and endurance than a modern ship, the iowa also carried tomahawks and harpoons, so that was a plus, she doesent carry near the amount as some ships but she has them! also, she was proven to be able to lay down as much firepower in a 30 minute period as 25 or so b-2 spirits, thats pretty impressive really..and activation costs of the iowa were much cheaper than they thought they would be, it was about 6 million cheaper, and it only cost something like 100 million, dont quote me on that, but it all in all from my research, the iowa actually came out on top, not to mention, she could actually extend the endurance of the ships around her, meaning she could also double as a tanker! thats what she did in the second world war to increase the range of the ships around her, she has a range of 15,000 miles, they have only 6,000 and 8-10 days or something like that endurance time when the iowa has something like 40, but can maintain constant fire at 100 rounds a day for 70 days and still have shells left over, she also doesent have to go back to port to re load and thats another plus over other ships! anyway, like i said the numbers are adding up and it would actually be cheaper to re activate the iowa's and modernize them to todays standards than it would be to build new ships, like i said yearly operational costs is under 100 million dollars, while others are skyrocketing over that!

07-24-14, 06:52 PM	#3
Akotalaya Sparky Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 151 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	i do see where your coming from, but if you look at the Vietnam war, the Iowa that assisted there actually hit its targets pretty accurately, not to mention, she also took out more fortifications than expected, when it comes down to it the numbers have added up, it costs over 160 million to operate the russian kirov for a year, and the iowa was somewhere around 99 million per year to operate, that includes crew costs, fuel and any repairs, the basics pretty much, it was also said she was easy to adapt and modify, large amounts of space made this easy, and they also stated it would take less money to modernize and re fit than it would be to build a new oliver hazard, i think i stated that in my op, also, her 5 inch guns had rocket propelled ammunition from what i have read, and i also read that she can maintain continuous fire for 70 days straight, unlike todays ships, that can only maintain about 8..she has litterally proven superior in almost every way, from being cheaper to actually operate and maintain to having more range and endurance than a modern ship, the iowa also carried tomahawks and harpoons, so that was a plus, she doesent carry near the amount as some ships but she has them! also, she was proven to be able to lay down as much firepower in a 30 minute period as 25 or so b-2 spirits, thats pretty impressive really..and activation costs of the iowa were much cheaper than they thought they would be, it was about 6 million cheaper, and it only cost something like 100 million, dont quote me on that, but it all in all from my research, the iowa actually came out on top, not to mention, she could actually extend the endurance of the ships around her, meaning she could also double as a tanker! thats what she did in the second world war to increase the range of the ships around her, she has a range of 15,000 miles, they have only 6,000 and 8-10 days or something like that endurance time when the iowa has something like 40, but can maintain constant fire at 100 rounds a day for 70 days and still have shells left over, she also doesent have to go back to port to re load and thats another plus over other ships! anyway, like i said the numbers are adding up and it would actually be cheaper to re activate the iowa's and modernize them to todays standards than it would be to build new ships, like i said yearly operational costs is under 100 million dollars, while others are skyrocketing over that!