September 4, 2018 FEATURE | Contested ship-to-shore movement – Part 2: Firepower overmatch Written by Josh Abbey on September 4, 2018. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval). The age of battleships laying broadsides into beaches may have been over when the USS Iowa was decommissioned, but the increasing threat of anti-ship missiles and A2/AD .. Read More