Battleships used to rule the world. The British Empire relied on it’s ability to ‘project power’ with it’s mighty fleet to almost any corner of this planet.

But the floating fortresses became endangered with the invention of the Submarine, Torpedo, and the Airplane. Much cheaper and smaller technologies that could kill such a huge metal beast with a single blow.

Today guided missiles are the ultimate menace to ships. That is why some countries resort to building much smaller and cheaper ships. Big guns are still there, but they are replaced by more and more missiles.