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Re:The Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun Is Both Alive and Dead by Shivetya on Sunday February 18, 2018 @11:13AM (#16406683)
well that and lasers will pretty much take the place of AA missiles.

I think one of the Navy's biggest issue is railguns pretty much make large surface ships a detriment and they are very loathe to give up their carriers. Those are their "balance in importance" versus the Air Forces stealth bombers and missiles. The Navy has lived off its success since WW2 for far too long with this need for 10 full CV forces.

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Re:The Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun Is Both Alive and Dead by IntronExon on Sunday February 18, 2018 @11:17AM (#16406702)
I agree with your main point, but I think the naval equivalent of a B-2 is a long range nuke sub with Trident missiles.
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