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Old 12th April 2012 | 18:06
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500N
 
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From: Australia - South of where I'd like to be !
"Does it show that ships are incredibly vulnerable to air attack? Well, no. It shows that they were. The RN believed in the battleship whilst modern and excellent brains such as Mitchell knew they were out moded. But times have moved on again, as they tend to.

Maybe those that think an attack by manned aerial systems (aeroplanes to you and I) will finish off a warship, because it did in WW2, are those with the legacy mindset these days.

I would love to see the brief for a crack at a Type 45 in the open ocean. Ugly scenes."
And what happens if and when they then have to be positioned in another "Bomb Alley" location and one or two systems of line for whatever reason ?

Seems the Argies did OK with Iron Bombs 30 years ago and would have done even better if they had got the fusing correct.
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