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A 1980s modernization lead to the Iowa class actually being equipped with some modern toys too
Sensors
- Mark 13 fire control radar
- Mark 25 fire control radar
- AN/SPS-49
- AN/SPS-67
Electronic Warfare and Decoys
- AN/SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare system
- AN/SLQ-25 Nixie acoustic decoy
- Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets
Armament
- 9 × 16 in/50 cal guns (3 Mounts x3)
- 12 × 5 in/38 cal guns (6 Mounts x2)
- 32 × BGM-109 Tomahawk launchers (8 Launchers x4)
- 16 × RGM-84 Harpoon launchers (4 Mounts x4)
- 4 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
and 5 UAVs
Can you imagine if they had gone further, and replaced the aft main battery with a bunch of Mk 41 VLS?
Dunkerque on the streets, Arleigh Burke in the sheets 😍
Yes, very nice, but hear me out: What if all that but also railguns?
Railgun tech isn't there yet, the bottleneck is currently what's bottlenecking a lot of higher tech, and that bottleneck is energy generation, storage, and consumption, so that's why we don't see more railgun and laser based tech.
You're quite right, but this forum is for non-credible ideas, and we need something to counter the T-59.
Also barrel wear
Gatling railgun, only 1/6 the barrel wear per shot.