Close-up of a display bearing the schematic of the operation. The depiction goes on until the ships collide with the Angel and explode.
MISATO (OFF):“That's right. We scuttle the two evacuated battleships along the line of the umbilical cable, setting a trap.”
UrsusArctos: Anno really knows his warships. These are the Iowa-class battleships Illinois and Kentucky, complete with their correct designations, BB-65 and BB-66. In real life these ships were canceled while partially complete, with the last Iowa-class ship being the Wisconsin. Also take note of the brief appearances of Russian destroyer Udaloy, heavy missile cruiser Kirov and heavy aviation carrier Novorossiysk on the screen. Novorossiysk is an interesting case, because it was severely damaged in a fire in 1995 when NGE was in production and scrapped in 1997, making it the only Kiev-class aviation cruiser/aircraft carrier not to survive to 2015.
