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Battleship armor| ezgo394 |
Posted: Jun 8 2010, 10:50 PM
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IOT Navy Pilot  Group: Members Posts: 293 Member No.: 863 Joined: 31-May 10  |
Would it be possible/effective to have spaced armor on a battleship?
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| erik_t |
Posted: Jun 8 2010, 11:59 PM
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Heroic Member Group: Moderators Posts: 1,111 Member No.: 288 Joined: 21-December 08 |
No plausible amount of armor can protect a ship against the missiles that could easily be arrayed against it. Even if the ship's structure could be protected, radars and other combat systems cannot be armored by their very nature, and their casual elimination would render an arbitrarily-well-armored ship a very expensive steel iceberg.
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| ezgo394 |
Posted: Jun 9 2010, 12:06 AM
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IOT Navy Pilot Group: Members Posts: 293 Member No.: 863 Joined: 31-May 10 |
I meant for a ww2 battleship.
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| erik_t |
Posted: Jun 9 2010, 12:36 AM
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Heroic Member Group: Moderators Posts: 1,111 Member No.: 288 Joined: 21-December 08 |
Not particularly. There is definitely a purpose to a decapping plate, but that's about it.
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| navybrat85 |
Posted: Jun 9 2010, 04:51 AM
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Proud to be an American. Group: Members Posts: 627 Member No.: 726 Joined: 4-February 10 |
ezgo: You can protect your ship from a gutshot all you want, but if they poke your eyes out or lop off your arm, it's just as good as a straight away sinking.
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