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This reminds me of an old WWI video where the troops are still coming to grips with the technology. It will be interesting to see how things evolve in the futu

This reminds me of an old WWI video where the troops are still coming to grips with the technology. It will be interesting to see how things evolve in the future.

ch4s3 6y ago
I'd be very surprised if low flying, high velocity anti-ship missiles don't make this sort of moot for most cases. Modern militaries seem to be playing a dumb game right now where they aren't acknowledging the absolute horror of modern missile systems, and pretending these sorts of WWII style ship to ship battles might happen between one-another.
- djrogers 5y ago
  > Modern militaries seem to be playing a dumb game right now where they aren't acknowledging the absolute horror of modern missile systems CIWS has been a thing for decades, and had progressed from auto cannons to lasers in the past ~5 years. This demonstration has nothing to do with ship-to-ship battles, and everything to do with improving options for boarding parties (which can be used against more than warships).
- wespiser_2018 5y ago
  I'm pretty skeptical of this system, but if it has value it would be used only for boarding unarmed, or maybe lightly armed ships. Stuff like piracy, or rescue. I don't think modern militaries are "playing dump" to the threat of modern missiles, a ton of work right now is being done of figuring out exactly what it takes to deliver a missile hit from beyond the horizon, and how to disrupt this so called, "kill chain".
  - iso1210 5y ago
    Lightly armed pirates have AK47s, which will cause a lot of problem to an unarmed marine with a fuel tank on his back.
    - wing-_-nuts 5y ago
      Any boarding party would probably have overwatch by an armed escort (cobra gunship, something else with a minigun door gunner, etc). Anyone on deck with a weapon would find themselves having a very bad day, very quickly.

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This reminds me of an old WWI video where the troops are still coming to grips with the technology. It will be interesting to see how things evolve in the futu

by wing-_-nuts 6y ago

This reminds me of an old WWI video where the troops are still coming to grips with the technology. It will be interesting to see how things evolve in the future.

ch4s3 6y ago
I'd be very surprised if low flying, high velocity anti-ship missiles don't make this sort of moot for most cases. Modern militaries seem to be playing a dumb game right now where they aren't acknowledging the absolute horror of modern missile systems, and pretending these sorts of WWII style ship to ship battles might happen between one-another.
- djrogers 5y ago
  > Modern militaries seem to be playing a dumb game right now where they aren't acknowledging the absolute horror of modern missile systems CIWS has been a thing for decades, and had progressed from auto cannons to lasers in the past ~5 years. This demonstration has nothing to do with ship-to-ship battles, and everything to do with improving options for boarding parties (which can be used against more than warships).
- wespiser_2018 5y ago
  I'm pretty skeptical of this system, but if it has value it would be used only for boarding unarmed, or maybe lightly armed ships. Stuff like piracy, or rescue. I don't think modern militaries are "playing dump" to the threat of modern missiles, a ton of work right now is being done of figuring out exactly what it takes to deliver a missile hit from beyond the horizon, and how to disrupt this so called, "kill chain".
  - iso1210 5y ago
    Lightly armed pirates have AK47s, which will cause a lot of problem to an unarmed marine with a fuel tank on his back.
    - wing-_-nuts 5y ago
      Any boarding party would probably have overwatch by an armed escort (cobra gunship, something else with a minigun door gunner, etc). Anyone on deck with a weapon would find themselves having a very bad day, very quickly.