We need to vaporize one of these mosquito boats....that would be the end of this I suspect
I know little of Naval weapons but small boats should be able to carry devastating weapons something like RPGs or maybe something with a longer range.
On the other hand just about any warship should destroy those speed boats with ease.
Yes, the old hold your fire until fired upon really sucks.
I think I'd like to be the guy driving the remotely piloted target boat. Full throttle, crossing target, zig-zagging to change the range nearly continuously... I think I could make it very hard to hit with a deck gun.
“MK 38 M242 Bushmaster canons, M2 machine guns, and close-in weapon systems”
I’m no expert, but that does not look like fine shooting. Looks like we threw a couple tons of ammo to get a couple of hits.
Why aren’t we using small, smart steerable missiles to home in on such a target? Do such things exist?
If those Iranians carry something more consequential than a .50, like a torpedo or a short-range missile, the sailors need to gets hits in early.
You have to see this from the point of view of being on the small boat.
Not impressed. Needs just one YUGE explosion with nothing but a little debris left floating.
A few years ago, I watched a program about Pearl Harbor. A destroyer, the USS Ward sighted a mini submarine and immediately hit it’s small conning tower and sunk it.
The Captain’s story was widely disbelieved because it was thought it would be highly unlikely to hit it so quickly.
They eventually found the sub and sure enough there was a hole in it from a five inch gun.
The navy has also been developing laser weapons, which would be ideal for this application.
Trump:
If they fire on any of our ships you are authorized to defend yourself with extreme prejudice in an “extended manner”.
“extended manner” = Anything that floats. Every Port. All infrastructure that supports the port.
Time to test our naval close defenses anyway.