Bgile wrote:...a modern warship has to be capable of a lot more than just killing other warships...
Karl Heidenreich wrote:Gentlemen,
There IS a replacement for the battleship from some time now. It´s indeed an American creation: the SSN and the SSBN. Those are the modern dreadnoughts. They can beat whatever floats (or flies) and run deep and silent. The new subs are the superior naval weapons now. No need of expensive, irrelevant surface units.
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Legend wrote:Can submarines fight terrorists or pirates?
Expensive and irrelevant?
I hardly think carriers and amphibious assault ships are irrelevant, and what about ASW?
Submarines have their place but they're not going to make every other ship obsolete and they can't really beat what flies they have virtually no AA and no troop carrying ability and they can't beat whatever floats. Torpedoes from a surface ship for instance?
Karl Heidenreich wrote:Expensive and irrelevant?
I hardly think carriers and amphibious assault ships are irrelevant, and what about ASW?
Submarines have their place but they're not going to make every other ship obsolete and they can't really beat what flies they have virtually no AA and no troop carrying ability and they can't beat whatever floats. Torpedoes from a surface ship for instance?
I was refering to the battleship, not to carriers or any other sort of actual ships. Of course the naval strategy needs of carriers and the infantry needs amphibious assault ships. Those cannot be eliminated of the lists. My mention is that, as a superior naval weapon, the SSN and the SSBN are the ultimate ones.
Karl Heidenreich wrote:One problem with surface units is that they work on a flat surface, they are some sort of bi dimensional vessel. The sub, on other hand, is three dimensional, using depth as part of it´s variables.
And... uhm... sorry for the confusion. I quote you as yellowtail when it wasn´t the case, so, my apologies for both of you...
Karl Heidenreich wrote:One problem with surface units is that they work on a flat surface, they are some sort of bi dimensional vessel. The sub, on other hand, is three dimensional, using depth as part of it´s variables.
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