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> deploy launch pods under the sea, scoot, and then they launch when you've left the area There are multiple dealbreaker for this: a) the launch pods need to b
by semi-extrinsic 2y ago
> deploy launch pods under the sea, scoot, and then they launch when you've left the area
There are multiple dealbreaker for this: a) the launch pods need to be quite large in order to contain missiles and the surrounding infrastructure, probably including buoyancy control etc, b) submarines are veery slow so they need a long time to leave the area, c) the pods need to hang out near the surface to receive signals and to launch missiles, so they have a high risk of being detected before they can be used
It's probably more feasible to consider unmanned "disposable" submarines that can fire missiles. Still you have the problem of low speed and tricky communications though.
- yetihehe 2y ago> the pods need to hang out near the surface to receive signals and to launch missiles, so they have a high risk of being detected before they can be used You can now send encoded sonar pulses. With good microphones on pods, you can communicate over many many kilometers and those commands can be pretty short, no need to "real time fpv", just "target a ship currently at {X,Y}".
- euroderf 2y ago> the pods need to hang out near the surface to receive signals and to launch missiles I'd think you could do some variation on attaching a long fiber optic filament to a fishing bob that has just enough electronics.