Comment on Sea drone warfare has arrived. The U.S. is floundering
HubertManne@kbin.social 1 month ago
I don't see why they don't do both? I see drones eating the lunch of destroyers and such but larger nuclear subs and aircraft carriers will still be mobile command centers.
freeman@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
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.
HubertManne@kbin.social 1 month ago
I see them ranging far from the coast as part of a carrier. I could see the carriers charging them and such.
freeman@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
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.
HubertManne@kbin.social 1 month ago
why would a dedicated ship be needed? You would just need some sort of interface mechanism on the carrier. The word carrier group means multiple ships. The idea im thinking of is those other carrier defense ships would be replaced by drones.