@Koropokkur@Gerfand@WashedOutGundamPilot@basadeskaiser they should've just continued with the CG(X) program instead and built a proper combatant that'd be more adept at doing the shore bombardment role to justify taking the iowas out of mothball and into retirement, while having a design with growth potential (nuclear power with an IE propulsion system would help with the power draw question of laser and other directed-energy weapons, and would've seen the CG(X) stay in service for decades as testbeds for them if only a few were built).