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New weaponry poses great challenges for these platforms. I don’t know if a swarm of very slow moving drones would be my biggest concern though. You can afford
by switchbak 6mo ago
New weaponry poses great challenges for these platforms. I don’t know if a swarm of very slow moving drones would be my biggest concern though.
You can afford to spend a few million when you’re taking down billions of dollars worth of hardware.
I would think a simultaneous barrage of maneuvering hypersonic missiles would pose a much bigger threat. A CIWS or three can take down a lot of slow drones.
- pas 6mo agobut if you know there are 3 CIWS, you know they can move the pew-pew pipe at some radians per second this axis, and that axis, you put the drones in a formation to maximize the need for muzzle movement, estimate how many rounds are in them (or how long can they fire before getting overheated) and send that number + 1 drone. . . of course it's a bit oversimplified, but really with decoys, and putting cheap shaped charges on them ... they can fuck up the launch/landing surfaces, the AA capabilities, there's absolutely no way to jam them if they have the "last mile" set to automatic. (yes, in theory a dumb and big fireball or good old flack can take out a lot of them, seems trivial, but in practice we don't see that, instead we see faster drones trying to intercept them)
- jojobas 6mo agoIn theory sure, in practice nobody ever tried to defend a carrier group from 500 Shaheds.
- switchbak 6mo ago500 Shaheds? Well if we're in dreamland territory anyway, just break out your space based lasers and blow a hole through the bridge. Or you know, lob 12 anti ship missiles at it and call it a day.