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It was mentioned somewhere that the USS Boxer had the LMADIS. This article has a bit more about it: https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/201
by SEJeff 7y ago
It was mentioned somewhere that the USS Boxer had the LMADIS. This article has a bit more about it:
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/01/31/the-corps-strapped-a-new-counter-drone-system-to-the-deck-of-a-warship-transiting-the-suez-canal-heres-why/ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019...
The LMADIS is entirely EW (electronic warfare) with no direct kinetic kill ability.
- souprock 7y agoWhat makes that really interesting is that the Marines are strapping land vehicles onto ships to add capability. This is such a hack. Want another weapon or sensor for the ship? Add an entire truck that has it, including the wheels and engine and everything else. Somebody gets to sit in the truck.
- SEJeff 7y agoWhy is it a hack? You have an emerging threat the existing assault ships aren't scoped to handle, and you find a cheap expedient way to handle it. If we (heaven forbid!) did end up going to war with Iran, do you not think Marines would need to land? Do you not think they'd need counter-drone vehicles to survive? Seems like an odd couple, but a good use of tactics to me.
- SEJeff 7y agoAnd this is now confirmed: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29063/marine-anti-drone-buggies-on-uss-boxer-knocked-down-threatening-iranian-drone https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29063/marine-anti-dron...