Back to our duel. In our scenario, let’s assume that each ship knows the location of the other at three hundred miles. At this range, the Iowa class is at a disadvantage: its longest-range weapons, the thirty-two Tomahawk missiles, are land-attack missiles and useless against the Kirov.
Setup: A Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser, attempting to intercept a U.S. Navy carrier battle group, is intercepted by the battleship USS Iowa. The biggest ship-against-ship battle since the World War Two is about to begin. Who wins?
A Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser is intercepted by the USS
Iowa. Who wins?
Here s What You Need To Know: A hypothetical 1988 engagement between NATO and the Warsaw Pact demonstrates the superiority of guns over missiles in certain scenarios.
It’s 1988. World War Three has begun, with the armies of the Soviet Union and the rest of the Warsaw Pact pouring over the Inter-German Border. Their destination: the Rhine River and beyond, dealing NATO a knockout blow that will end the war.
Meanwhile at sea, an equally titanic battle is about to take place. A Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser, attempting to intercept a U.S. Navy carrier battle group, is intercepted by the battleship USS
Iowa demonstrates the superiority of guns over missiles in certain scenarios.
It’s 1988. World War Three has begun, with the armies of the Soviet Union and the rest of the Warsaw Pact pouring over the Inter-German Border. Their destination: the Rhine River and beyond, dealing NATO a knockout blow that will end the war.
Meanwhile, at sea, an equally titanic battle is about to take place. A Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser, attempting to intercept a U.S. Navy carrier battle group, is intercepted by the battleship USS
Iowa. The biggest ship-against-ship battle since World War Two is about to begin. Who wins?