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Nope, ain't that thick (< 1 inch). Probably built with multiple expendable flood chambers though, so swarm would likely need to make its way through the first

Nope, ain't that thick (< 1 inch). Probably built with multiple expendable flood chambers though, so swarm would likely need to make its way through the first hole. Plausible a single shaped charge does enough damage, but more likely some single-digit of hits needed. Swimming + flying cheap drones doable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC9EJhs0pc0&ab_channel=RutgersToday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC9EJhs0pc0&ab_channel=Rutge... At (wild overestimate) $1k per drone an attacker can wield 13 million drones for the equivalent cost of an aircraft carrier, not including ongoing expenses.

MichaelCollins 4y ago
The sort of shaped charge you could put on a thousand dollar missile could probably pierce small holes in the hull of a ship (too small to fly anything through, that is fantasy. Shaped charges are bigger than the holes they make.) But even hundreds of holes like that that wouldn't sink a ship. Not least because the ship is filled with sailors trained in damage control, and that sort of damage wouldn't be particularly hard to patch up. Clearing the flight deck with antipersonnel warheads would probably work better, but I wouldn't count on that to keep a carrier out of action for very long. If you really want to sink a ship, either use proper anti-ship warheads or don't bother trying.