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Will CWIS be able to handle drone boats that are submerged except for their cameras and satellite dishes? They are primarily used for cruise missiles. Watching
by bearjaws 2y ago
Will CWIS be able to handle drone boats that are submerged except for their cameras and satellite dishes? They are primarily used for cruise missiles.
Watching the Russian fleet "deal with" Ukranian drone boats (aka sink to the bottom of the Ocean) made me realize that most war ships aren't prepared for these encounters.
- rtkwe 2y agoSuicide attack boats aren't a wholey new threat (see USS Cole) the US has been thinking about defending from small surface craft too. It's really hard to guess how effective any attack and countermeasure will be until you see it in the field and given the shabby state of a lot of Russia's military I'm dubious that the results will be directly comparable especially since the planners on the US side are getting to see and evaluate both sides.
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- talldayo 2y agoCWIS have an extremely low radar horizon - most contemporary AShM weapons fly extremely close to the water, sometimes even lower than the bow of a suicide vessel. It's very feasible for such a weapon to neutralize a USV in terminal attack. > Watching the Russian fleet "deal with" Ukranian drone boats Most of the successes I've seen with Ukraine's drones are against unarmed targets. They had great success using USVs to attack oil rigs in Crimea and Mi-8s with very weak countermeasures. This isn't to say that USVs are useless against the Russian Navy proper, but even Russia has weapons intended to pick off surface combatants at a standoff range. I suspect we don't hear more success stories because they're at least partially capable of defending against them.