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> Torpedos are not bullets, I don't think this is a good analogy. They aren't, but I'm sure there are operational complications to using them that make the ana
by tablespoon 5y ago
> Torpedos are not bullets, I don't think this is a good analogy.
They aren't, but I'm sure there are operational complications to using them that make the analogy work (e.g. countermeasures).
- throwmamatrain 5y agoI believe my point was that a modern torpedo hitting a ship is a very high kill probability (mobility or other), being it is guided and explosive. I would say a missile is more similar to a torpedo. We can look to the Falklands as to how dangerous missiles are against ships. This isn't your grandfathers WWII torpedo. There is only one other case of an anti-ship missile I can think of off hand, in Desert Storm when a Silkworm was shot at a fleet and shot down with a SeaRAM(?) I think. I am surprised at the downvotes, but I guess also not. Either way, the information is out there. I agree with the article in that military software is generally awful, but I'm guessing it is not easy to innovate.