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So what do the drones do, kamikaze basically? They’ve got a warhead attached to their belly and just fly into a target?

• cwillu 3y ago
  Exactly, yeah. It's a sore spot for me that we don't call them cruise missiles, even though I understand the argument (in principle they can be called back and recovered, and will have a loitering capability that is sometimes useful).
• cwillu 3y ago
  Not completely up to date, but: https://www.navalgazing.net/The-Drone-Revolution https://www.navalgazing.net/The-Drone-Revolution “OK, but are we sure that we couldn’t just substitute a huge quantity of cheap systems for the expensive ones? Quantity has a quality all its own, and if we throw enough drones at a carrier, it’s going to die. Again, no. In theory, you could overwhelm a carrier by throwing drones at it, but for cases where the “drones” aren’t just cruise missiles, this is like attempting to break down a door by throwing mashed potatoes at it.”