# In the World Wars (I & II) should battleships have been used more aggressively?

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Okay, Whack-a-Mole, which is it? Are the battleships you have in mind going to just be replicas of the WWII-era ships, or are they going to be upgraded to have missile systems and advanced communications and computer systems on par with missile age warships?

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