Why a modern naval gunfight may still end quickly

Do modern warships lack enough firepower to end a gunfight quickly?

Not necessarily. Most modern warships also lack the armour to survive sustained gunfire, so a comparatively small battery can still be decisive.

A viewer argues that modern ships do not carry enough gun firepower to end a surface action quickly. Even a modest gun battery may be decisive because most contemporary warships lack the armour needed to survive sustained gunfire. The exchange shifts attention from barrel count alone to the relationship between offensive fire and target resilience. It is a concise qualitative judgment rather than a detailed engagement model.