if 5 smaller ships can take him out and the sum of their cost doesnt reach the cap ship value, why anybody should build a Battleship? if the fighters and bombers and can carry weapons capable mass destruccion and does not have range limitations, and only needs 1 pilot to control them.
The only way that makes the BS concept a viable idea is making them a all powerfull fighting machine. And the only way to destroy it is making huge coordinate attacks, or facing a similar ship.