A reception held beneath a ship's largest guns is offered as an example of making firepower visible during a diplomatic visit. Missiles may provide the greater destructive power, yet their launch cells make less of a visual impression. The contrast concerns how visitors perceive a gun looming overhead compared with a missile concealed in its silo. The proposed railgun is brought into that same discussion of visible armament.
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Why visible guns matter in a diplomatic visit
A gun looming over visitors illustrates a proposed psychological role for visible armament even when missiles provide greater firepower.