• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The US continues to push the bounds of what could be considered a destroyer. The Arleigh Burkes are already heavier than Atlanta class light cruisers and then this thing comes along with the extra chonk!

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        It’s aproaching dragon ball levels of power creep and we ain’t talking Namek saga or Android saga we’re in Buu saga.

        I swear to fuck someone needs to make a HMS Dreadnought equivalent so we can clean up this nomenclature bullshit.

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          1 year ago

          I think automation is gonna clean a lot of this right up.

          we’ll be left with drones, and drone carriers. maybe a few humies on the drone carriers to do whatever can’t be outright automated on at sea. and there’s really no good reason to be a surface ship if all you’re schlepping is drones.

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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.

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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.