Thai navy joins pirate patrol

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

No carriers? That's discounting one of the most important and decisive naval weapon in World War II; who has ever voluntarily sailed into combat without them?

In World War II fleets wouldn't be detected when they're 'in your face', there were amazing inventions such as recon aircraft (Even on cruisers and battleships) and shipborne radar that fixed this problem, much as they do nowadays.

And torpedoes can't technically fly without a rocket...

i know carriers were the turning point of naval warfare, ut im talking about good old fashion gunships. basically not counting ANY aircraft including recon, then yea youd detect fleets pretty dam close.

And respectfully, what are you smoking? we have intercontinental ballistic missles. we have missles that can travel anywhere in thw world. such as NUKES. You must be forgetting that subs have ICMB nukes. one missle = one dead fleet. plus, you can detect a fleet ANYWHERE in the world now thanks to satelites. WWII fleets had NOOOONE of that. hell, they still used celestial navigation. a battleship can throw a shell a HELL of a lot farther then it can pick up ships back then. So, assuming there isnt any recon of any sort, and lets just say its a little rough conditions, then Youll be in each others face before you get ahold of each other. there wasnt any kind of missles on those ships. Except for dumb rockets. those they did have. that meant that they had to rely on guns and torpedoes. i would pay whatever it took if i could see a giant WWII fleet battle. ones with all aspects. attacks by guns, torpedoes, and planes too. except THIs time the gunships will actually be in the fight as opposed to the normal Long range plane vs plane vs ship battles. that would be marvelous. very entertaining.

Itd be exciting to see the battle. and i have this wierd thrill about seing ships sink. i think watching the titanic when i was like 4 helped develop that. Its interesting to me to see giant behemoths like the Titanic and Yamato go under. i dont know why. and i also like to envision myself inside the actual ship when its sinking. Wierd thrill, i guess.