I have a question for you guys. Crystal ball time.
Has there been a revolutionary change in naval aviation with the advent of the current anti air warfware ships? I mean the sort of revolution that the machine gun brought to cavalry charges, the tank brought to trench warfare and the aircraft carrier brought to battleships.
Is it the case that ships such as the T-45, supported by proper MASC platforms can negate the threat of carrier borne aircraft, being able to engage the attack planes before they are able to launch their anti ship weapons?
Could future high intensity naval conflicts be fought by warships engaging each other at the extreme range of their anti ship missles and the victory being decided by the side with the most effective (largest radar cover)MASC system?
Through history technology has swung the advantage between defense and offense. Has the wheel turned again? Perhaps the time of the battleship will come again, being packed with systems to combat surface, air and submerged threats.
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