Whats with the iowa?

[Akotalaya]

the navy is said to have talked about guided missile ships, they said during an assault, it wouldn't be feesable, nor effective because of the time it takes for the missiles to lock onto a new target, but what i think alot of people are forgetting, is that the iowa was upgraded with tomahawk missile launchers and harpoons, her main guns may only be considered close range, but when you look at it she also has the long range fire support that modern ships have, not to mention i think i said earlier, she can actually increase the endurance of every ship in the fleet, can stay on station longer and has the capabilities to defend herself from many threats, i say the battleship idea isnt obsolete at all, it does need to be modernized..but if there so out of date then why have they made it into the age of missiles and still proven to be useful? my grandpa was in vietnam when the iowa was firing on the enemy and he said she helped out a great deal AND took out more structures than planned, it has also had more of a service life than any modern ship today, it seems they have re called her back into action for every major conflict since the second world war, im not sure they have done that before. also back in the 1800's they said battleships were obsolete, but we still got em! and one country was using a first world war era battleship until the 70's..not to mention the uk and russia were looking into battleships in the 50's and i think even in the 60's, russias problem was a power shift, that caused the fall of there ships! i love history dont you?