Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to news • 4 months agowhen you dont have a navy and still able to do a naval blockade.imagemessage-square25 fedilinkarrow-up1161file-text
arrow-up1161imagewhen you dont have a navy and still able to do a naval blockade.Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to news • 4 months agomessage-square25 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240716-israel-says-eilat-port-bankrupt-after-months-houthi-naval-blockade/
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]hexbear15·4 months agoBulk discount on a $150 Chinese drone, I can see it. link
minus-squareGucci_Minh [he/him]hexbear17·edit-24 months 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? link
minus-squareChaosMaterialist [he/him]hexbear10·4 months 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. link
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.