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Old 10-30-2019, 08:53 PM
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Battleships are a technology whose time has passed I think. Prior to WWII they were core of fleets because they were the best thing naval technology could make. Their guns let them fight from miles away and their armor defended them from the guns of smaller ships. They could also land massive HE shells inland to support beach landings.

Once submarines got more capable (and their torpedos more reliable and accurate) and aircraft...were invented the battleship's dominance was ended. A battleship's guns don't mean much to subs or planes while both can rain destruction of BBs. If the BBs require a battle group worth of escorts to be effective they end up too expensive to field. Basically it's the USN and no one else that can field carrier battle groups due to the sheer amount of infrastructure involved.
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