[DOC] [TLE] Gunboat Diplomacy and Aerospace Crafts - BattleTech [PAR] For those who don't understand what is Gunboat Diplomacy (<-Click Me!). ... of 
several worlds/colonies (which might require a group/task force at minimum)? .... 
You would send a light cruiser or a heavy destroyer instead since those ships ... 
This is really going to depend on the class of Dropship/Warship. [DOC] [TLE] Naval History Blog  Blog Archive  The Great Naval Act of 1916 [PAR] Aug 12, 2016 ... The naval bill included six large battle cruisers, and it might ... The Navy would 
need to escort merchant ships through the British ... victim to a new kind of attack: 
shells plunging through relatively thin ... As with the Royal Navy, the U.S. Navy 
had to concentrate on smaller shipsmainly destroyers and a few... [DOC] [TLE] Cruisers & Destroyers : Navy.com : Navy.com [PAR] America's Navy relies on versatile cruisers and destroyers for anti-aircraft support
, ... these agile surface warfare ships can lead a strike or protect the fleet against 
aircraft, ... The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88
) is ... efficiency  to the point that a standard crew of only 130 is required. [DOC] [TLE] Destroyer - Wikipedia [PAR] In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance 
warship intended to ... The anti-torpedo boat origin of this type of ship is retained 
in its name in other ... Essentially very small cruisers, torpedo gunboats were 
equipped with .... Destroyers also had a shallow enough draft that torpedoes 
would find it... [DOC] [TLE] Cruiser - Wikipedia [PAR] A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundred 
years, and has had ... The U.S. Navy built guided-missile cruisers upon destroyer
-style hulls (some ..... Having sacrificed anti-ship weapons for anti-aircraft 
armament, the converted anti-aircraft cruisers might need protection themselves 
against... [DOC] [TLE] Ticonderoga-class cruiser - Wikipedia [PAR] The Ticonderoga class of guided missile cruisers is a class of warships in the 
United States ... Their Mk 41 VLS can launch Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike 
strategic or ... While this is a new requirement as of 2011, and the U.S. Navy has 
... Four Ticonderoga-class cruisers, plus 21 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, are... [DOC] [TLE] The role of the capital ship in naval strategy | Defence-In-Depth [PAR] Jun 30, 2016 ... Doing so would ideally take the form of sinking them but since the enemy often ... 
economic or diplomatic purposes that national strategy might require. ... and two 
heavy cruisers, supported by light cruisers and destroyers. [DOC] [TLE] America's Newest Destroyer Is Already Outdated | The Diplomat [PAR] Nov 7, 2014 ... To be effective, Zumwalt destroyers require command of the sea, which the US 
can no ... Dissemination's take on the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyer. ... the 
development and deployment of new anti-ship cruise missiles. [DOC] [TLE] LCS Troubles May Stem From Double Engine  Breaking Defense ... [PAR] Sep 7, 2016 ... Two breakdowns on the Freedom-class LCS ships occurred in the combining ... (
LHAs and LHDs), cruisers, destroyers, and even the small Perry-class frigates ..... 
How can you exercise the kind of diplomacy required if you... [DOC] [TLE] diplomatic cruiser | The Eldraeverse [PAR] Posts about diplomatic cruiser written by Alistair Young. ... Need I say more? ... 
These begin with the frigate and destroyer (including the latter's stealthy recon ... 
the point-defense cruiser (the one type of cruiser you might see in the wall,... [DOC] [TLE] How daunting is the task of sinking a 2014 U.S. Nimitz-class aircraft ... [PAR] Chris Everett has put together a really, really cool answer. As he convincingly 
argues, it is ... We need to start, then, by asking ourselves why anyone would 
bother. ... is this: by sinking this symbol of American military and diplomatic might, 
can't we ... to last long in a duel against big, powerful American cruisers and

Question: This type of diplomacy might require a cruiser & a destroyer
Answer: Gunboat diplomacy