Dr_evil
Banned
It was around a bit before but all the way through the A-10's life but I don't think they would have sent an A-10 up against warships. The US Army would have been too busy melting T-72's in germany with them. More likely it would have gone up against F-14's and such armed with Harpoon and Exocet. But she would have been in a flotilla that would have included ASW and AA specialist warships to bolster her own defences. Not uncrackable, but one tough walnut!
Iowa class is a WW2 relic, useful as power projection but dubious use in action against Soviets.
Saw some destroying things in Afghan on youtube
Suppose an Iowa kinda falls into the same class as an AC-130 Reaper or Spooky though, with artillery that size its a specific job, land huge explosive shells and do serious damage if you can get them to hit