Submitted 6 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
The U.S. Navy’s efforts to build a fleet of unmanned vessels are faltering because the Pentagon remains wedded to big shipbuilding projects, according to some officials and company executives, exposing a weakness as sea drones reshape naval warfare.
perhaps we should invest in peace and cooperation instead
Peace and cooperation won’t deter China from invading Taiwan and forcefully claiming other country’s waters as their own
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.
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.
I see them ranging far from the coast as part of a carrier. I could see the carriers charging them and such.
Lmao. By drones they mean guided explosives with an engine. Can we not blow shit out of proportion? You’re not getting the mission set of anything larger than a patrol boat out of a naval drone yet. The Navy is on top of drone research and when the time comes for drone plane carriers and drone arsenal ships I guarantee you they jump on it to reduce costs and losses.
That was the through before Ukraine managed to use sea drones effectively to sink multiple non-patrol ships. That just shows that tests and theoretical analyses only goes so far. Real life situations where stakes are real are great motivators.
You’re forgetting two key things. This is the Russian Navy. They have a ship that routinely tries to sink itself. And they can’t get their heads around proper training. They lost the Moskva because they were operating under enemy missile range with their air defense turned off.
And we don’t have the luxury of operating from a nearby friendly cost line. This is the entire reason the Navy wanted a modular mission system in the LCS. One of the missions was explicitly to act as a drone launch and recovery ship.
To illustrate the difference between capabilities, check out the low visibility drug runner boats the Cost Guard routinely catches in the Caribbean. We actually have years of experience catching exactly these kind of low visibility boats.
Look nobody is saying drones are a dead end. Just that this is a sensationalist article. The Navy is absolutely on board with drones.
gibmiser@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What an exciting future we live in. International waters are going to be a goddamn battle bots arena
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Main difference is that the battles are going to be a hyper-advanced nuclear-powered vessel with a mounted cannon that can turn on a dime, vs. An aluminum encased stick of dynamite with a sail x2000.
deft@lemmy.wtf 6 months ago
I really think we will see technology that really stumps drone warfare very soon.
LordGimp@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Bro this sounds fucking awesome. Where do I sign up for this future?
Sizzler@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
https://youtu.be/_m5PfKTwMFY?si=0XLqn1atZDpUbQho