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A CIWS can only fire at one direction at a time, so 2+1 drones has an extremely high chance of taking it out for around $2500 or less. CIWS is multiple magnitud
by esseph 3mo ago
A CIWS can only fire at one direction at a time, so 2+1 drones has an extremely high chance of taking it out for around $2500 or less. CIWS is multiple magnitudes more expensive.
Also can't use CIWS near troops and fpvs.
P1-SUN and equivalent are the answer there.
- baxtr 3mo agoYou mean P1-SUN interceptor drones?
- esseph 3mo agoYes sorry For @YurgenJurgensen above: You're thinking on a ship, which is great, but these need to be able to provide front line coverage where I becomes an expensive target for cheap munitions. It is not a great solution. It's a fine layer against other threat classes. Terrain clutter quickly becomes a problem on the battlefield. Great on ships or for a base defense layer.
- nujabe 3mo agoI don’t think it’s a technical limitation that CIWS systems today only fire in one direction.
- esseph 3mo agoWouldn't really improve things. CIWS is just best for a different threat model. We're moving into the "waves of drones with orchestration" phase and expensive directional systems won't survive that, and cost on the drone swarms is still drastically lower. Won't matter if you added ten ciws and ten fire-finding radars.
- newsclues 3mo agoBigger swarms have more counter battery risk
- YurgenJurgensen 3mo agoModern dedicated AA gun systems claim multi-km engagement ranges against small drones, and 60 degree/second slew rates. A drone capable of beating that engagement time would be better described as a guided missile, and will certainly not cost $2500. The flaws in gun systems are in the cost required for good coverage, not their effectiveness against targets that do enter their engagement ranges.
- esseph 3mo agoThat's great on a ship but eats shit with ground clutter and sub 1km engagement ranges with multiple targets. Again, great on a ship. The Army did a bunch of different testing on this recently.
- ButlerianJihad 3mo agoI should re-read my lease agreement to see exactly which kinds of AA batteries I can install on my 2nd floor balcony.