A viewer proposes that West Germany buy Yavuz from Turkey, replace two centerline turrets with anti-aircraft missiles, renew the machinery, and fit radars able to withstand the shock of the remaining main guns. In peacetime, the refitted battlecruiser would make port visits. In war, she would operate from Norway or Denmark to guard the Skagerrak or another northern approach to Soviet waters. The response treats the idea as a novel counterfactual, while the same comment presents submarines as the more serious way to perform the mission.
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A refitted Yavuz could guard the Skagerrak
A Cold War counterfactual gives Yavuz new missiles, machinery, and radar for operations near Denmark or Norway, with submarines offered as the practical alternative.