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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Then again, if we are talking about 30-40-klick ranges, the high end doesn't remove the bombardment ship from the range of any shore defense systems, nor does the lower range bring any new shore defenses to play. If the intent is to bombard coastal defenses, then coastal artillery and light missiles can't respond to 30 klicks, but heavy missiles and anti-ship aircraft and torpedo boats will reach out to 40 klicks easily enough. Bombarding deep inland targets isn't worth the trouble - if you can drive your ship so close to the shore, you can also land troops that carry their own artillery, or you can perform precision air strikes. This with regard to reactivated old gun cruisers or battleships. A modern shore bombardment ship could in theory be designed so that it is more survivable than an air strike or an artillery landing attempt. I doubt anybody would want to do anything like that, though. The "arsenal ships" projected nowadays are all missile launching platforms, with an AA or anti-missile primary role instead of bombardment. And modern guns are designed for shore bombardment only in conditions where you already have *complete* superiority of the coastal waters, and could build a fixed Big Bertha on a cassoon there if you wanted! Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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