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To: allendale
"Stealth technology applied to drones and missiles makes these big capital ships almost indefensible. "

Nonsense.

These big ships can stay in combat after multiple hits by conventional missiles. They are the most protected of capital assets.

And, they exact retribution.

Why do you think all real Navies seek such capability? Because without them you cannot project power.

10 posted on 06/23/2014 10:25:12 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner; GeronL; sukhoi-30mki

Really? Consider this scenario. A satellite locates and tracks a carrier. A submarine 200 miles away launches four very slealthy missiles which themselves each launch a flock of forty “seagulls”. Each “seagull” is an 18 inch stealthy drone packed with one pound of C4 plastique. Monitors track the flocks directly to the carriers like mosquitoes going to a prey. Science fiction? The carrier would survive? That is a very rudimentary basic scenario. Big capital ships are simply not defensible in the 21st century.


19 posted on 06/24/2014 6:13:54 AM PDT by allendale
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