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Out of curiosity, how doe they go up the ship when they approach it with a raft? Do they manage to tie a rope around something in the deck somehow, or do they c

Out of curiosity, how doe they go up the ship when they approach it with a raft? Do they manage to tie a rope around something in the deck somehow, or do they cut a hole in the ship...?

PhasmaFelis 9y ago
I don't remember the details, unfortunately. They may have just planted (simulated) shaped charges directly on the hull, or they may have gone through some rigamarole with grappling hooks or something. It occurs to me that you could probably climb the outside of a ship with sci-fi electromagnetic gloves/boots, but I've never heard of anyone actually making anything like that.
- RugnirViking 9y ago
  Normally warship hulls are degaussed to remove magnetic signature for mines. that might stymie any attempt to climb using magnets.
  - dogma1138 9y ago
    Pirates use hooks and ladders to climb on cargo ships. The freeboard of a modern destroyer is usually below 10M and much lower around the flight or water operations decks. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fitzgerald#/media/File%3AValiant_Shield_2012_120912-N-TX154-258.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fitzgerald#/media/File%3... Edit: better picture with sailors for scale https://defencyclopedia.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/burke-infographic1.png https://defencyclopedia.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/burke-in...
somecontext 9y ago
It's hard to find good information on the simulation, but the reference appears to be to the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002 The NYT reported many years later: "In the simulation, General Van Riper sent wave after wave of relatively inexpensive speedboats to charge at the costlier, more advanced fleet approaching the Persian Gulf. His force of small boats attacked with machine guns and rockets, reinforced with missiles launched from land and air. Some of the small boats were loaded with explosives to detonate alongside American warships in suicide attacks. That core tactic of swarming ..." Thus, to answer your question, they did not go up the ship. The attack is generally reminiscent of the USS Cole bombing, which preceded the simulation by a couple years.

Out of curiosity, how doe they go up the ship when they approach it with a raft? Do they manage to tie a rope around something in the deck somehow, or do they cut a hole in the ship...?

PhasmaFelis 9y ago

I don't remember the details, unfortunately. They may have just planted (simulated) shaped charges directly on the hull, or they may have gone through some rigamarole with grappling hooks or something. It occurs to me that you could probably climb the outside of a ship with sci-fi electromagnetic gloves/boots, but I've never heard of anyone actually making anything like that.

RugnirViking 9y ago
Normally warship hulls are degaussed to remove magnetic signature for mines. that might stymie any attempt to climb using magnets.
- dogma1138 9y ago
  Pirates use hooks and ladders to climb on cargo ships. The freeboard of a modern destroyer is usually below 10M and much lower around the flight or water operations decks. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fitzgerald#/media/File%3AValiant_Shield_2012_120912-N-TX154-258.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fitzgerald#/media/File%3... Edit: better picture with sailors for scale https://defencyclopedia.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/burke-infographic1.png https://defencyclopedia.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/burke-in...

somecontext 9y ago

It's hard to find good information on the simulation, but the reference appears to be to the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002 The NYT reported many years later: "In the simulation, General Van Riper sent wave after wave of relatively inexpensive speedboats to charge at the costlier, more advanced fleet approaching the Persian Gulf. His force of small boats attacked with machine guns and rockets, reinforced with missiles launched from land and air. Some of the small boats were loaded with explosives to detonate alongside American warships in suicide attacks. That core tactic of swarming ..." Thus, to answer your question, they did not go up the ship. The attack is generally reminiscent of the USS Cole bombing, which preceded the simulation by a couple years.