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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

when you dont have a navy and still able to do a naval blockade.

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when you dont have a navy and still able to do a naval blockade.

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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240716-israel-says-eilat-port-bankrupt-after-months-houthi-naval-blockade/

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  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    It seems like the more cheap and mobile ways to deliver firepower are developed, the more useless and suicidal the old, heavy ways are. Ship may beat drone 99% of the time, but guess what costs way less than 1% of a ship?anti-thatcher-action

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      I read somewhere that a single Phalanx CIWS bullet cost more than a drone that could take the entire system out before the heavy drones/cruise missiles were sent.

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        Single 20mm bullet used in Phalanx costs something like 30-35 bucks, and a single salvo is usually 100 bullets.

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          Bulk discount on a $150 Chinese drone, I can see it.

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            In 2030: Sure the USN lost a multibillion dollar carrier to a swarm of DJIs with explosives duct taped to them, but damn did the CIWS tracers look cool for the first couple minutes before everything blew up, and isn’t that money well spent?

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            Even if you used something expensive, such as military drones, it’s still an order of magnitude less than Phalanx, to say nothing about the millions of dollars for missiles to shoot them down.

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    Someone blockade their access to the Mediterranean. Israel is only alive because of imports.

    https://www.intellinews.com/turkey-reportedly-still-loading-azerbaijani-oil-for-israel-despite-total-trade-ban-323947/

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      Did Isreal say Assad must go? who-must-go

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        Well they are occupying Syria and funding ISIS

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      Haifa is Israel’s largest port on the Mediterranean side and it’s only about 50km from the Lebanese border. I wonder if Hezbollah would be able to use similar tactics to shut it down in the even Israel does the incredibly stupid and tries to fight Hezbollah.

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        Yea didn’t Lebanon send drones to take photos of that port as a threat recently?

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          Nice occupation infrastructure. Shame if anything happened to it.

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      Algeria, please do something cool

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    Reverse gunboat diplomacy lol

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      kelly Gone-boat diplomacy

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    Job posting: Violin Soloist/Atomic Force Microscope technician needed to play the world’s smallest violin.

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    Crashing the port-y :kelly:

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    INFINITE EKKKONOMIKAL KKKOLAPSE FOR THE SETTLERS§§§!!!

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    More effective than the Cuban blockade

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