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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It seems like the more cheap and mobile ways to deliver firepower are developed, the more useless and suicidal the old, heavy ways are. Ship may beat drone 99% of the time, but guess what costs way less than 1% of a ship?anti-thatcher-action

[–] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The transformation of quantity into quality.

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read somewhere that a single Phalanx CIWS bullet cost more than a drone that could take the entire system out before the heavy drones/cruise missiles were sent.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Single 20mm bullet used in Phalanx costs something like 30-35 bucks, and a single salvo is usually 100 bullets.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

"It costs 400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon... for 12 seconds."

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bulk discount on a $150 Chinese drone, I can see it.

[–] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In 2030: Sure the USN lost a multibillion dollar carrier to a swarm of DJIs with explosives duct taped to them, but damn did the CIWS tracers look cool for the first couple minutes before everything blew up, and isn't that money well spent?

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Even if you used something expensive, such as military drones, it's still an order of magnitude less than Phalanx, to say nothing about the millions of dollars for missiles to shoot them down.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Did Isreal say Assad must go? who-must-go

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

Well they are occupying Syria and funding ISIS

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haifa is Israel's largest port on the Mediterranean side and it's only about 50km from the Lebanese border. I wonder if Hezbollah would be able to use similar tactics to shut it down in the even Israel does the incredibly stupid and tries to fight Hezbollah.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea didn't Lebanon send drones to take photos of that port as a threat recently?

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago

Nice occupation infrastructure. Shame if anything happened to it.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Algeria, please do something cool

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reverse gunboat diplomacy lol

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

kelly Gone-boat diplomacy

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

Job posting: Violin Soloist/Atomic Force Microscope technician needed to play the world's smallest violin.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

fuck-around TANGO DOWN! rat-salute-2

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

Crashing the port-y :kelly:

[–] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago
[–] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

INFINITE EKKKONOMIKAL KKKOLAPSE FOR THE SETTLERS§§§!!!

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

More effective than the Cuban blockade