The following argument is valid or forceful. Identify the irrelevant premise: It would be suicidal to send the battlecruiser HMS Hood to intercept the German battleship Bismarck, named for the famous "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck. Battlecruisers have insufficient armour to withstand plunging shellfire from a capital ship. The decision of the Admiralty to send the Hood to intercept the Bismarck is suicidal.
A) The Bismarck was named after Otto von Bismarck.
B) HMS Hood is a battlecruiser.
C) Battlecruisers have insufficient armour to withstand plunging shellfire from capital ships.
D) It would be suicidal to send the Hood to intercept the Bismarck.

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The statement about the Bismarck being named after Otto von Bismarck is irrelevant to the argument about the suitability of HMS Hood to intercept the German battleship.

The Following Argument Is Valid or Forceful