Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agowhen you dont have a navy and still able to do a naval blockade.hexbear.netimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240716-israel-says-eilat-port-bankrupt-after-months-houthi-naval-blockade/
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 months agoSingle 20mm bullet used in Phalanx costs something like 30-35 bucks, and a single salvo is usually 100 bullets.
minus-squareBeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·4 months ago“It costs 400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon… for 12 seconds.”
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 months agoBulk discount on a $150 Chinese drone, I can see it.
minus-squareGucci_Minh [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·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?
minus-squareChaosMaterialist [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 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.
Single 20mm bullet used in Phalanx costs something like 30-35 bucks, and a single salvo is usually 100 bullets.
“It costs 400 thousand dollars to fire this weapon… for 12 seconds.”
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.