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Originally Posted by Olefin
Its interesting but in some way the 2001 naval world would look much like the one you see in the The Seventh Carrier series of books - with missiles and torpedoes almost all gone you are back to guns - meaning that navies with old WWII ships still afloat would have a very big advantage - imagine what New Jersey would do against a bunch of modern DD's and missile cruisers who are out of missiles and now its their one or two 5 inch guns against ten 5 inch and 9 16 inch guns?
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Missiles and Torpedoes running out would be an issue but modern cruisers and destroyers and the Kirov class have an advantage over a Iowa. There's a lot more ammunition for them than the Iowa's. Plus fuel as the Iowa is dependent on a larger supply chain to keep running. If there not able to get missiles and Torpedoes then Fuel will be right out as well. Short term the Iowa Class Battleships would be unstoppable until there fuel runs low and ammunition stockpiles run out. Then its a harbor defense ship.
Same goes for Carriers, the need for fuel for the aircraft, ammunition for them, and replacements make there own supply situation tenuous at best. Sure the ship can cruise around the world buts useless if there are no aircraft or they can't get stockpiles in the continental US out to the carriers. In the right situation all the big ships will be in port and the small Cruisers and Destroyers will become the prevalent warships on the seas because there is stockpiles of ammunition for there guns and there nuclear. At which point the Kirov becomes a match for the Ticonderoga's running around.