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Originally Posted by SteminDemon13
Gen. Leonard Chapman said about the BB in nam, "Thousands of American lives were saved." , and also the Marines calculated that 80 percent of 1,067 U.S. planes lost in Vietnam could have been saved had battleships fought the entire war.
You had also said that that the Iowas have had "unilustrious battle careers" which is totally untrue. You just need to do some more research.
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Excellent observations.
To add a little to that post the ability to make a battleship by any country no longer exist. the infrastructure to produce the armor and large guns are gone as well as the trained personal and a new start would be astronomical if begun today.
Therefore, in any arms race the reinstating of the 4 Iowas (or 2 which are in ready reserve) would create a huge drain on any potential enemy as producing the type of ordinance to effectively harm them would be a whole new industry (I am over simplifying) to which they could be withdrawn nullifying the now unneeded weapons.
Point is, their unique threat creates cause and effect in a chess game that drains enemy resources and even those that disagree militarily can not ignore the psychological effect which would net the same military expenditure response and since the ships exist as well as their main ordinance there is little cost compared to the cost effect it creates in our enemies.
War economy is a big battle all in itself and the Iowas can create havoc on the enemy money front.
And, as was pointed out they are militarily effective.
Wulfmann