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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
What vessels today have a gun the equal of a 16" or armour protection even approaching that of an Iowa class?
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Sorry for this late answer.
Not guns, but missiles like the RGM-84 or the french Exocet.
They can of course be fooled, which a dumb shell can't. A missile have countermeasures which a shell haven't, a missile can travel up to 80-90 nm a shell can't a.s.o
Well even a shell can today be shot down by modern air defence(I know the Swedish Bofors 40 mm radarguidede gun can.)
In WWII a warship needed some shots to get "in range" of the target. Today a modern warship need only 2-4 shots to be "in range" of the target.
My thoughts what is easiest to engage for a warship?
A missile or a shell from a 16" or a 20" ?
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