heh heh
Having sailed on the Iowa and watched the firing of those magnificent guns, I think that I can say with confidence that as great as it might be to have a few of those ships back in service, the window of opportunity has gone and the difficulties of bringing one or more of those magnificent ships back is a bit more complicated than most people realize.
a nice thread on recommissioning or building new ones -
http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/forums/64/Should-Battleships-Be-Back-In-Service
in the end it really isn't about what the equipment is or is not. It is the will in the national leadership to use it, with a coherent strategy and the intestinal fortitude of the political leadership to actually stand behind the men and women they send to war and see it through - and also hugely important, the perception of our enemies of that will and capability.
It doesn't matter how many battleships, carriers, fighters, tanks, armored brigades, etc., that are on OOB. If those forces don't have the fuel, the ammunition, the trained personnel, and the guts of the leadership behind them, it doesn't matter.
today, the Current Criminal Regime has no intellect, no strategy, no guts - and everyone in the rest of the world knows it.