As many people said, the age of battleship is over. However, I
find that it's because people are refering to older battleship
design not suited for modern days instead of the idea of
battleship.
So let's say you are in charge of the USN, and you are ordered to
built a battleship, nevermind the cost. Firstly, the battleship
need to have battleship level guns instead on focusing on missiles
like modern navy ships.
Also, it need to be able to survive pounding from missile attacks,
either by having a very strong CIWS( like the new battlestars from
battlestar galactica) that it can provide a 'shield'.
Also, it need to be able to perform gun support for marines instead
of missile support. Also, you need to find a way to ensure your
battleship will be an easy target for fighters or bombers like in
ww2.
You can built the battleship with modern or near-future(not from
anime or science fiction) technology. Like rail-guns to laser based
weapons which are in development.
So, are you able to built a MODERN battleship?
