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Those drones will swarm in with volumes. CIWS may be effective taking out dozens of them but what if the came in hundreds or thousands? > the best unclassified
by est 8y ago
Those drones will swarm in with volumes. CIWS may be effective taking out dozens of them but what if the came in hundreds or thousands?
> the best unclassified study we have suggests that if eight small drones attack an Aegis-equipped destroyer - which has various AA missiles as well as Phalanx - it would get about five of them. However, this is crucially dependent on the exact speed, size and stealthiness of the drones involved
> https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/28669 https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/28669
CIWS need to find a way to scale. Maybe a grid?