Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agowhen you dont have a navy and still able to do a naval blockade.hexbear.netimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1161arrow-down1imagewhen you dont have a navy and still able to do a naval blockade.hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240716-israel-says-eilat-port-bankrupt-after-months-houthi-naval-blockade/
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoBulk discount on a $150 Chinese drone, I can see it.
minus-squareGucci_Minh [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 year agoIn 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?
minus-squareChaosMaterialist [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoEven 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.
Bulk discount on a $150 Chinese drone, I can see it.
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?
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.