"I really can't believe it, what does the mercenary army want this kind of decommissioned battleship that has long been outdated, the old warship that has been in service for more than 50 years is similar to a pile of broken copper and iron, the technology is several generations behind, and it is simply a live target for missiles!"

"And this kind of battleship is huge, the engine is definitely not small, the maintenance cost will be an astronomical amount, the main mechanical and electronic parts, there is no manufacturer to produce, once something fails, it is troublesome to tow it away." South Korea's defense minister looked at the Iowa-class battleships with disdain.

"Mr. Minister, please don't worry about the mercenary corps, although the Iowa-class battleship is a retired veteran of the US Navy, after being upgraded, except for the power system and naval guns, the rest are modern equipment."

"The U.S. Navy has replaced the two battleships with the most advanced Aegis combat system, phased array radar system, electrical system, sonar system and communication system, and has carried out comprehensive repair and maintenance of the engines. Mr. Deputy Secretary of the Navy of the United States said nonchalantly.

Because the battleship is too large, it is indeed easy to be locked by the enemy's missiles and become the target of the first round of strikes, but the question is, whose warship is not afraid of missiles? If the target is conspicuous, and the aircraft carrier and amphibious assault ship are not much smaller, is it not eye-catching.

Perhaps there will be reasons such as long-range strikes, but the range of modern anti-ship missiles is as little as two or three hundred kilometers, as many as five hundred to eight hundred kilometers, and even perverts with a range of 1,000 kilometers.

Besides, what are the Aegis combat systems installed on battleships worth hundreds of millions of dollars for, what are those early warning radars, anti-aircraft missiles, and phalanx close defense systems used for, and are the various destroyers protecting battleships furnished?

Isn't it a joke that whose battleships go out to fight alone, often after gaining air supremacy, are protected by multiple destroyers and nuclear submarines, and can sink the battleship casually? You thought the battleship was papier-mâché?

Mr. Vice Minister of the Navy is very unhappy with the words of the South Korean Minister of Defense, paralyzed, don't look at things with your thinking, the mercenary regiment is not the type of food that is picked up in the basket, if it is really as unbearable as you said, will the mercenary regiment be used as a capital ship?

Look at the broken destroyers of your South Korean Navy, the largest tonnage does not exceed 5,000 tons, which is less than a fraction of the Iowa-class battleships, and you are embarrassed to say such things!

Of course, these two actually don't know a secret, the mercenary regiment's battleship plan has begun to be implemented, the new Megalodon-class battleship, many equipment can be common to the Iowa-class battleship, such as 406 mm naval guns, combat systems, phased array radar systems, electrical systems, sonar systems and communication systems, etc., in addition to the power equipment, most of the parts are not lacking.

The USS Des Moines Heavy Cruiser is the last class of U.S. Navy ships to build ships and the most well-designed first-class artillery cruiser.

It has been in service for more than 50 years, and the Iowa-class battleships are the products of the same era, but the displacement is lighter, with a standard displacement of nearly 20,000 tons and a full load displacement of 22,000 tons.

The length is 219 meters, the width is 23 meters, two sets of turbines and four boilers, four-shaft propulsion, the maximum speed is 33 knots, and the endurance is 10,500 nautical miles at a speed of 15 knots.

Nine well-known MK16 naval guns were installed, each mounted in three triple turrets, in a layout of two in the front and one in the back, as well as automatic loaders and armor, each weighing 451 tons. The artillery weighed more than 17 tons, the rate of fire reached 10 rounds per minute, and the maximum range was 30,250 meters.

The secondary guns are 127 mm 38 times the caliber of the US military-standard MK12 guns, four of the six twin turrets are arranged symmetrically on the two sides, and the other two are arranged along the centerline of the hull. The rate of fire of this artillery is up to twenty-two rounds per minute, the maximum range is 15.8 kilometers, and the maximum height is 11.4 kilometers.

The Virginia-class nuclear-powered cruiser, which has been in service for 24 years, belongs to the last type of nuclear-powered missile cruiser of the US Navy, and has been aided to mercenaries in order to suppress Japan's ambitions, and has undergone large-scale modernization and modification, with a length of more than 178 meters, a width of more than 19 meters, and a light load displacement of more than 8,600 tons. The power plant is a double-propelled, twin-rudder, nuclear-powered geared steam turbine propulsion system.

The ships of this class are equipped with the Aegis combat system, remove all the box missile launchers, and install the MK-41 missile vertical launch system, which is the same configuration as the Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers, except that it is nuclear-powered.

The phalanx that appeared next was the phalanx of monitoring ships, and the first to appear was the famous nuclear-powered reconnaissance ship of the former Soviet Union, the Ural, which is also the only nuclear-powered reconnaissance ship in the world, with a displacement of 36,500 tons, which is simply a medium-sized aircraft carrier.

The ship is equipped with the most advanced electronic reconnaissance equipment of the former Soviet Union, which can monitor the relevant data of missile launches, and the powerful radar can also make early warnings for various missiles and aircraft.

The Marshal Krylov reconnaissance ship and the Marshal Nedlin reconnaissance ship, also known as the missile test and aerospace TT&C/command ship, are important electronic reconnaissance ships in the former Soviet Union, with a very high degree of modernization, and are actually equipped with 13 navigation radars, tracking radars, and search radars, which can track multiple targets at the same time.

With a total length of 211 meters, a width of 28 meters, and a full load displacement of 25,300 tons, this class of reconnaissance ships is also a steel behemoth. The power adopts two 68E gas turbines, twin shafts and double propellers, the maximum speed is 22.7 knots, the endurance is 22,000 nautical miles at 16 knots, the sea self-sustaining power is 120 days, the ship can carry a total of about 500 crew members, and can carry two to four carrier-based helicopters.

The mercenary corps has bought a total of 11 integrated supply ships from the United States, which can provide support for 11 aircraft carrier battle groups, and is an indispensable equipment for the blue-water navy. The appearance of the logistics system is represented by Sacramento-class supply ships and Wichita-class supply ships.

The Sacramento-class supply ship is the world's largest comprehensive supply ship at present, with a displacement of more than 50,000 tons when fully loaded, and belongs to the pinnacle of the supply ship of the US Navy in the sixties, with a field of more than 240 meters, a width of more than 30 meters, and a speed of 26 knots, and it is also the fastest comprehensive supply ship at present.

The Wichita-class supply ships are 201 meters long and 29 meters wide, with a full load displacement of more than 40,000 tons and a deadweight of more than 26,000 tons, similar to the Sacramento-class supply ships. Don't look at the tonnage is a little smaller, but the quantity and speed of supply are not slower than the former at all.