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A 1980s modernization lead to the Iowa class actually being equipped with some modern toys too
Sensors
- Mark 13 fire control radar
- Mark 25 fire control radar
- AN/SPS-49
- AN/SPS-67
Electronic Warfare and Decoys
- AN/SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare system
- AN/SLQ-25 Nixie acoustic decoy
- Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets
Armament
- 9 × 16 in/50 cal guns (3 Mounts x3)
- 12 × 5 in/38 cal guns (6 Mounts x2)
- 32 × BGM-109 Tomahawk launchers (8 Launchers x4)
- 16 × RGM-84 Harpoon launchers (4 Mounts x4)
- 4 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
and 5 UAVs
Can you imagine if they had gone further, and replaced the aft main battery with a bunch of VLS?
Dunkerque on the streets, Arleigh Burke in the sheets 😍