

Otherwise, carriers project power farther and are more versatile.Everything you described would still be relevant on a modern, updated battleship with modern optics and guided rounds. The only time I can see a battleship being useful is if we are attempting to take another superpower and need a LOT of firepower to take a port or something. It's more effective to use other resources in that role now. In the end, they are glorified floating arty. the battleship will never be again in the form we knew in the past. Otherwise it's a throwback to the 1500s.I agree. The battleship was obsolete with the invention of reliable torpedos. As useless in the 80s as it was in the 40s. I'd say it's magnificent but it's like watching civil war era muskets at max rate in the Cold War era. They wanted to prevent Congress from ever mandating their reactivation again. went away several years ago, the Navy was very quick to destroy everything it could that might be used to support a reactivation. That interior is rough man, I think those ships are done in any naval fashion short of some epic emergency, building new Monstana's would be easier at this point, heck last I heard the infrastructure was gone for new 16" barrels and ammo.Once legal requirements to retain these ships and their infrastructure, munitions, spare parts, etc. JDAMs and cruise missiles and drones are cool, but there's something about a bombardment that lasts for hours that smells used to believe that as well, then I watched this video Fewer guys on board, just a lot of big guns, missiles, and armor. IMO they should bring back the battleship using the 'bombardment ship' model and rocket-assisted shells to bring more of the world within range of the sea.
