[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Most excellent!

If I remember correctly 40 miles distance would be over the horizon. (Which will probably make you dependent on a Drone with radar for fire control?) If your rate of fire for 5” is 16 to 20 rounds per minute with 80-90% accurace that could result in substantial damage before most enemy ships could even see you.

[LonePalm]

Depending on your height of eye, 10NM can be over the horizon. As a general rule, our surface search radar was good out to 20NM. Air search much farther. There are considerations other than height when determining the effective range of a radar.

A drone operating a radar would alert the enemy to your presence and would be killed in short order. They would also begin maneuvering so as to throw off your fire control solution. I know I would be maneuvering like crazy.

The targeting drone or aircraft would be the immediate subject of ECM (Electronic Counter Measures), degrading or disrupting its targeting capability.

This was my specialty. I have a patent in Electronic Warfare. Uncle Sam owns it but my name is on it.

WWG1WGA

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(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)