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Angleae

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6. 18" guns on a german battleship? Try again.
Tue Jan 31, 2012, 02:07 AM
Jan 2012

Max size for germany was 15". Japan on the other hand did have 18" with a max range difference of 2 miles. However it wasn't a big problem due to the fact that the longest range hit occured by a british ship with 15" guns at a range less than that a US ship could shoot.

Their carrier-killer missile is a ballistic missile (medium-range) with a conventional warhead. If any US ship or base detects one of these coming towards them, they will assume it has a nuclear warhead and won't wait until it detonates to detemine that (i.e. US nukes likely start flying).

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