Navy Sets World Record With Incredible, Sci-Fi Weapon

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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).

I wish i had a dollar for every time in history that it was said "this is the war to end all wars" or "There will never be a war like this again." or "weapons of this sort will never be used again" etc etc.

what goes around comes around.

if a BB was capable of accurately pounding turf 100 - 200 miles inland from the coast - its a weapon that should be used

if you think about it... with that sort of range and velocity, accurate hits on just about any point in Iceland or Great Britain could be hit for example or in the extreme ranges of the weapon you could strike new york city from a BB in boston harbor all from off shore guns.