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It was around a bit before but all the way through the A-10's life but I don't think they would have sent an A-10 up against warships. The US Army would have been too busy melting T-72's in germany with them . More likely it would have gone up against F-14's and such armed with Harpoon and Exocet. But she would have been in a flotilla that would have included ASW and AA specialist warships to bolster her own defences. Not uncrackable, but one tough walnut!
Iowa class is a WW2 relic, useful as power projection but dubious use in action against Soviets .
Saw some destroying things in Afghan on youtube
Suppose an Iowa kinda falls into the same class as an AC-130 Reaper or Spooky though, with artillery that size its a specific job, land huge explosive shells and do serious damage if you can get them to hit