Posted by RodInNS on February 08, 2014 at 09:33:57 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: Re: USS Forrestal posted by Bret4207 on February 08, 2014 at 04:26:46:
Yeah, you can use them for that.... and that's about the only real single practical use they have.... for which you have to maintain a 70 year old hulk of iron, then crew it... to do something a long range bomber or fighter bomber could just as easily do which has a multitude of other uses. The only reason these large warships exist was because of the naval race that built them... from a time when the Royal Navy's main purpose was as a deterrent, much the same as nuclear missiles are today. Since Britian had a big navy, Germany had to build a big navy... and France... then the US and on it went. Where one had several huge ships, the other had to build a bigger and faster ship with bigger guns. They never much were about their practical application in war... but they did occasionally get used for some semi practical uses.
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