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> Their batteries only last a few minutes, Today. So many things we have seen in the last couple of years have been pure sci-fi a decade ago. Switchblade 600,
by rad_gruchalski 2y ago
> Their batteries only last a few minutes,
Today. So many things we have seen in the last couple of years have been pure sci-fi a decade ago. Switchblade 600, for example, has a loitering time of 40 minutes and a range of 24 minutes.
> and they barely move much faster than a carrier.
Fly in the direction bow to stern, low above the water. Or just ... loiter in the path of the carrier.
- nradov 2y agoYou're really missing the point. Have you ever even been on a boat? The Pacific Ocean is a big place, and carriers don't move in predictable straight lines. Drones aren't going to be able to loiter in place indefinitely just on the hope that a carrier might wander into range. The Chinese are not stupid. Their A2/AD doctrine is based on large, expensive manned aircraft and fast missiles, not slow and weak little "drones".
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoI was surely making things up on this one. I’m certainly missing many points.