Sea drones have proved very effective for Ukraine against Russia's navy — and now the Houthis are threatening US warships in the Red Sea.
  • Houthi rebels are threatening US warships and shipping using naval drones, a new report said.
  • The commander of a US Navy carrier strike group says these weapons are among the more frightening.
  • The use of cheap sea drones has been pioneered, to considerable success, by Ukraine.
    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      So whats the plan then? Can the US just no longer go anywhere with pirates? The fuck do you think they’re going to do?

      If any one with a 3d printer or 2 day shipping can stop a carrier group, what good are carrier groups? Ukraine just took out a modern vessel with a drone thats at least a ROM equivalent of what the Houthis are using. My whole point is that through the advising of the millitary industrial complex, the US and other nationstates are pot-commited to a weapons strategy that appears to be well countered by an asymmetric approach.

      What good is a strike group if a couple pirates cans top them or prevent them projecting force?