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To: 1rudeboy
WW2 saw the demise of some battleships. The Gulf War saw the effective use of a ww2 battleship, actually.
48 posted on 02/16/2014 1:22:02 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: arthurus
The Gulf War saw the effective use of a ww2 battleship, actually.

As a standoff weapon, using missiles, where we had air superiority.

64 posted on 02/16/2014 2:49:35 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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The mighty Mo. Too bad we can no longer afford such ships.

109 posted on 02/16/2014 8:34:44 PM PST by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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