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More drones. Interesting article by Bill Sweetman about the USAF future with drones.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-rise-of-small-fighter-like-drones-in-us-air-force-thinking/[/URL]Naval ships have been challenged by the Houthis with multiple drone and missile attacks, it has quickly become evident that there is a problem with magazine depth. Warships are packed to the gills with systems and have little capacity for adding extra systems. One way to add capability is to use support ships, lower end vessels with small crews or unmanned. The 'loyal seaman', if you will, though they mostly get called a sideick. So far they have been directed toward adding extra missile capacity but I expect they will also act as motherships for drones. The Dutch are building a class of ships with very small crews that carry containerized missiles.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.twz.com/sea/new-dutch-navy-support-vessels-will-be-missile-toting-wingmen-to-frigates[/URL]The RAN has a class of six similar vessels planned that will be optionally manned. These are a USN design and will have 32 VLS (note our poor old Anzacs have only 8 VLS cells)[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/naval/13647-tier-1-combatants-to-include-optionally-crewed-vessels[/URL]
More drones. Interesting article by Bill Sweetman about the USAF future with drones.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-rise-of-small-fighter-like-drones-in-us-air-force-thinking/[/URL]
Naval ships have been challenged by the Houthis with multiple drone and missile attacks, it has quickly become evident that there is a problem with magazine depth. Warships are packed to the gills with systems and have little capacity for adding extra systems. One way to add capability is to use support ships, lower end vessels with small crews or unmanned. The 'loyal seaman', if you will, though they mostly get called a sideick. So far they have been directed toward adding extra missile capacity but I expect they will also act as motherships for drones. The Dutch are building a class of ships with very small crews that carry containerized missiles.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.twz.com/sea/new-dutch-navy-support-vessels-will-be-missile-toting-wingmen-to-frigates[/URL]
The RAN has a class of six similar vessels planned that will be optionally manned. These are a USN design and will have 32 VLS (note our poor old Anzacs have only 8 VLS cells)
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/naval/13647-tier-1-combatants-to-include-optionally-crewed-vessels[/URL]
