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I honestly think that if Royal Navy have enough money for better carrier groups, they wouldn't need a battleship. Apparently you are making Vietnam War analogue, but there are major difference; while Vietnam did not have anti-ship missiles (mainly due to covert agreement between USSR and USA), Indonesia already have. So an attempt to use Vietnam-era coastal bombardment tactics against Indonesia could quite easily end up with "my lord, I'm sorry to report that Her Majesty Ship Duke of York was tragically lost with all hands, after being hit by coastal-launched missile, that penetrated her turret roof and caused magazine detonation".

[QUOTE="Dilandu, post: 687264, member: 9998"] I honestly think that if Royal Navy have enough money for better carrier groups, they wouldn't need a battleship. Apparently you are making Vietnam War analogue, but there are major difference; while Vietnam did not have anti-ship missiles (mainly due to covert agreement between USSR and USA), Indonesia already have. So an attempt to use Vietnam-era coastal bombardment tactics against Indonesia could quite easily end up with [I]"my lord, I'm sorry to report that Her Majesty Ship Duke of York was tragically lost with all hands, after being hit by coastal-launched missile, that penetrated her turret roof and caused magazine detonation".[/I] [/QUOTE]

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