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>Perhaps we can skip tanks and planes and jump right to weaponized satellites and autonomous drones. I saw a whitepaper that suggested Australia should give up
by protocolture 1y ago
>Perhaps we can skip tanks and planes and jump right to weaponized satellites and autonomous drones.
I saw a whitepaper that suggested Australia should give up shipbuilding in exchange for drones and electronic warfare. The goal being to present a front like Ukraine does. Bristle with weapons and guarantee that any invasion would be 10 times more costly than anything gained. It was interesting at least.
- jay_kyburz 1y agoYeah, so much drama around the gigantic submarines, we should be building water drones of some kind.
- XorNot 1y agoWe literally are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine) But they don't do everything, and frankly drones are very overstated: they're not magic, and the idea of fielding masses of things when your adversary is at least China backed is pretty farcical: we can't ever win a conflict on cheap mass production because we don't have it. So a handful of hard hitting long range weapons is going to be a key part of the strategy: because if we can't hit the factories, we can't win period.
- dwd 1y agoDuring Talisman Sabre 25, a RCAF C-17 air-dropped a Himars and some ADF personnel on Christmas Island, simulated a firing and then left. Pushes the defensive line quite a bit further out from the mainland, and you could potentially cover choke points for a naval invasion from the north.
- rswail 1y agoI didn't know that. That's actually impressive, both strategically and in terms of our readiness and capability. That puts Jakarta in range. I'm sure the Indonesian military took note as well. Plus we've got Tomahawks now, that's 2500km range, sea launched.