Well...China already built a wall. But at least Mexico didn’t have to pay for it

US or....Germany? Come on dude, give the Astute class some recognition

Hood wasn’t sunk by aircraft...unless you count a shell as an aircraft

Just as a hypothetical, as me and a friend discussed the possibility for a strategy game we were playing...what’s the viability of converting a large cargo aircraft such as an Antanov, C-5 or one of their analogues into a bomber? I realize that for an advanced military like America or Russia who already have bombers…

I don’t think it’s a matter of getting worked up over it lol, it’s just an outmoded concept. There’s no point in building an armoured warship with big guns anymore. It’s alright saying proven technology but the Model T ford is proven technology, I’d rather have the new GT though. But an Arleigh with bigger guns makes…

I don’t think a monitor design would really work would it? Those things were pretty cramped, dog slow and next to useless out in the open ocean. Though the appeal of a dirt cheap ship that is pretty much a delivery system for a couple of enormous rail guns is certainly an interesting one I don’t think it plays…

Whatever sweetheart, quit trolling

And I didn't blow a gasket. I just pointed out how pointless your posts were. How odd it is that you'd persecute someone for showing you to be wrong. Childish much?

Thank you for proving my point you halfwit. Aircraft. Carriers. Go read a relevant book like Jane’s Fighting Ships, go educate your simple little mind and come back when you know something relevant. Arsewipe.

No one ever accused Bush of having any intelligence

I’m British so...I don’t watch Fox news. We all know America spends a huge amount on defence, this is not some revelatory piece of information you’re dropping on the people at FA.

It wouldn’t be worse. It would be bloody expensive though.

Things have moved on a little since the 80's though. It’s been said that modernising and reactivating the Iowa’s costs about as much as building a new frigate. But you then have to consider that they need over a thousand crew, have limited anti air capability, no anti sub capability are a very tempting target and cost…

Yeah you can. The British Seawolf missile system could down a 4.5 inch shell in the 70's, imagine what modern missles can do.

Jesus, the tinfoil hats are strong with this one. I’d stop smoking the weed dude, they call it dope for a reason. And maybe don’t post your fluffy haired, sandle wearing, liberal nonsense on a website about defence. Guess what, America and Great Britain and China and Russia and India and a few other countries are…

It's called springsharp, it's good for simming hulls but you can't account for missile systems etc. Well it ends up with a 40ft fraught so it won't be getting all that close to shore, though I did give it a 16 inch armour belt so if you decided to drop that to 6 inch that would free up more weight, though the deck is…

I ran the dimensions you gave through a piece of software I have just to get a feel for the thing. It is saturday morning cartoon levels of daft. It comes out with a standard displacement of almost 300,000 tonnes though will happily absorb over 1000 normal (not under the keel) torpedo hits before succumbing to the…

Just out of curiosity as no one seems to have addressed the issue, what would this battleship actually look like? I mean we know we’re talking a comprehensive armor scheme and smart 16 inch guns (or at least guns with smart 16 inch shells) but how would you build the rest of the ship?

Well no, it doesn’t, because the carrier will have a battle group as well as its own air wing, even assuming that your new battleship is part of a surface action group or totally lacks the range of the Carrier’s group, there's a reason air power is king.

But by that extension you’d just buy more Arleigh Burkes. There’d be no R&D cost at all and you get a ship that can do everything your battleship can for a lot less money. Your BB would be a white whale, hugely expensive to develop and run. As much as you say the tech is there, it just isn’t, no one has made heavy…