USS Pinckney is a chonker - eviltoast
  • Rednax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Radar is kinda hard for subs. Hence air and missile defense are kinda hard for subs.

    Comms with your drones is also kinda hard underwater. In fact: if you need to surface to launch and control your drones, why bother being a sub?

    Drones will just be another weapon stuffed onto surface ships. Expanding the ever growing arsenal of these ships.

    • vivadanang@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      yeah these limitations totally limit fire and forget munitions… not at all.

      a stealthy sub that just surfaced off your shore and released a hundred drone swarm doesn’t need to stick around and wait for the fireworks.