alpha strike
noun1
Government, Military, Politics, War A sudden, massive, devastating concentration of fire upon a single opponent in order to immediately neutralize the opponent with overwhelming force.
- But you did specify naval gunfire, and so at that point... yeah, I think Invincible is pretty much the one that takes the cake for "most devastating alpha strike". Everything else either took a lot longer to die, or had to be hit by a lot more shells before it went boom.2021 March 28, Drachinifel, 2:27:18 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 139, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022: