I've held off from commenting on this discussion but I feel compelled to point out, they use sooooo much fuel. Even if a couple of the Iowa class survived, that's a massive commitment of scarce, oh-so-precious diesel. I know it's tempting and attractive to have these gods of war still roaming the high seas at MilGov's behest late in the Twilight War but the logical part of my brain suggests to me that their fuel requirements would render the Iowa class battleships all but unusuable in a mobile role from '98 onwards.
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