freeman

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[–] freeman 1 points 7 months ago

Guns are not much used in modern destroyers, especially in escort duty as they are not really effective at engaging air targets and not capable of attacking submarines at all.

Then there are CIWS, which can provide self-defense for the ship they are on but can't really protect other ships. 1 or 2 per ship are enough but if we split a destroyer's capabilities to multiple hulls we might need more or just accept that if missiles get past outer defenses they can hit our drones.

Outer air defense, which can cover other ships on the fleet, being a very important role for modern destroyers. It's accomplished via missiles of various sizes and necessitates expensive electronics such as air search radars and fire-control radars. Those are housed in vertical enclosed tubes and are also fired from them. Current US destroyers have ~90 of those as does the plan for the future replacement.

We certainly are not going to make a ship for each cell but we presumably are going to split it some otherwise the ship will be practically the same size as the current destroyer. Of course we are going to have to replicate some elements and/or add new networking equipment to make things work. It certainly ain't going to be cheaper or more robust than the current destroyer for the same amount of missiles.

Then there are 4-8 anti-ship missiles per destroyer, we could put those on a drone along perhaps along with the torpedoes. We are going to need a surface radar for those.

Then a sonar array (and torpedoes maybe) for the anti-submarine role.

There are also some self defense measures (electronics and decoys) that the destroyer have. Maybe we put then on some of the drones that we deem more important?

But the point is why? What you get will be more expensive unless you choose to reduce capabilities significantly, less robust, less survivable and probably less seaworthy (if you are envisioning lots of small ships).

What is the benefit ? Reducing crews? It is already being done via automation to the extend that it is possible. You also still have a crew (and the ability to increase crew) if the automation is not performing well unlike the case with a drone.

Also your existing carriers, they already carry stuff, you can't just have them carry the drones around nor do they have the means to safely attach them somehow.

[–] freeman 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I am confused as to even what size you conceive these drones to be. Will they be carried or attached to the carrier (the aircraft carrier? A helicopter/landing ship?). Will they be able to independently travel in the ocean like proper escorts do?

Will they actually be supposed to provide air defense and/or anti-submarine capabilities on their own? Because you will need size to house the equipment for all those capabilities and of course all that equipment is expensive.

[–] freeman 1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

You would need a dedicated ship them, an expensive one.

Why though? Carrier groups engage surface opponents via aircraft that can get them faster and farther away.

[–] freeman 1 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I don't think there's any drones performing the air defense role, which is what destroyers actually do.

Probably not doing anti submarine stuff either or ranging far from the coast.

[–] freeman 34 points 7 months ago

Maybe it affects BSD and MacOS.

It also can affect some Linux systems based on configuration. Android doesn't implement the exploited standard at all and is always immune.

[–] freeman 3 points 7 months ago

Bought Red hat and is trying to lock down it's users.

[–] freeman 5 points 7 months ago

Dude actual Palestinians are not going to give a crap for Trump's 'genocide' in the US. They have a real genocide inflicted upon them to deal with.

[–] freeman 2 points 7 months ago
[–] freeman 5 points 7 months ago

Yes, lots of migrants enter via Greece and cross non EU countries but still get sent back to Greece, not Hungary.

Provided of course that France was the actual first EU country they entered and that there is proof of that.

[–] freeman 1 points 7 months ago

Indeed it's so weird the practically only alternative to Windows comes up when discussing Windows issues.

Perhaps BSD or ReactOS should be mentioned more. Or people told to buy a whole new Mac and throw their computer away.

[–] freeman 1 points 7 months ago

Were socialists a persecuted ethnic minority?

Already they are planning to hinder open hardware (RISK-V) as it could help China and will certainly attack foss software as well.

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