Parry this you conventional weapon

Who would win?

New Navy with line of sight laser weapon (3 mile range to horizon), or this smokey boy throwing 2,000 lbs of steel over the horizon.

That picture is the closest representation of what hellfire must be without entering nuclear territory. For sheer display of power, that is that, in my opinion.
- They are sending so much hate that the entire ship was pushed sideways, look at the wake off the bow.
- Fun fact: The US ha a Hellfire missile that doesn't even explode. It's meant to hit one person and kill them while limiting casualties in the proximity.
  https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/agm-114r9x.htm
- If you don't need accuracy, the Age of Sail beats this easily. This boy has 12 cannons, the Santísima Trinidad had 140.
  A broadside must have been spectacular.
The laser is for drones or missiles. Missiles are used for ships, which outrange battleships by a large margin, hence why they've been phased out of service. One jet can sink a ship hundreds of miles from its carrier.
- *If funded by the USA.
  The US took out a third of Iran's navy during Operation Praying Mantis and we tried not to while giving them ample opportunity to not get fucking wrecked with minimal effort.
  We won't fund healthcare, but our unhealthcare is second to nobody because we spend 9x more than the 2nd place loser, Russia. We account for 40% of total world military spending. If you think we can't kill you, it is only because we don't want to prove how wrong you are. If you want to die, we can put a warhead on your forehead without a rounding error of our defense budget.
- It has been suggested before that we might one day see a return of the battleships. The one technology that might allow it is truly effective rail gun technology. I remember seeing a story years ago speculating that such a ship parked of the coast of North Korea might be able to lodge shells anywhere onto the Korean Peninsula from well offshore.
  Missiles are always likely to have their advantages, including range and maneuverability. But the potential advantage of railguns is a very cheap cost per shot. And instead of a ship's hold full of explosive-stuffed missiles, your ship has a reactor, a bank of capacitors, and a whole bunch of shells that are little more than big slugs of inert metal.
  This article for example suggests a potential railgun range of 200 km.
  Us truly mastering railguns is one of the few scenarios that we might actually see a return of the old battleships. Except instead of artillery shells, they'll be lobbing railgun slugs. And instead of being protected by foot-thick steel armor, they'll be protected by a porcupine lattice of laser defense systems.
I don't know. Can the laser shoot artillery shells out of the air?

Hmmm, feels like I've seen this one before
What's a DuckDuckGo Flight IIA Aegis Combat System Integration?
He will not divide us flag be like

Damn, I thought only Yamato class could carry wave motion guns

Considering that they're gonna give infantry shotguns to shoot down drones , I like where this universe is going

I don't know my ships, but please tell me that's a destroyer to complete the scene perfectly.

You're in luck.
That is, in fact, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer.

When the ship suddenly goes ka ... me ... HA ... ME

I just want nuclear pumped laser missiles, god, is it too much to ask?

Medusa rules apply - just grab a shiny shield.

Everyone knows these lasers can't hit anything on this flat earth. It needs to aim so far down the water will refract it unless you're within like 20 feet.