Will the advances in drone technology fundamentally change the nature of naval warfare beyond what standoff ranged missiles have? Will this be the death of Aircraft Carrier that we know and love today, the same as how the Battleship was made suboptimal in the face of dive and torpedo bombers? Will the seas be patrolled not by gigantic carrier fleets but by smaller and more modular flotillas and vessels? I am thinking more cost effective (inexpensive) drone carriers.Am I just fucking retarded though? I have a sneaking suspicion that I am too retarded and should just kms immediately and have been contemplating on that too so don't hesitate to let me know.
idk, post more cool boat/naval aircraft drawings
>Am I just fucking retarded though?Yes.
>>65384392You're retarded. It will be carriers launching large drone planes that launch smaller drones and the carrier will be protected by destroyers launching drones and missiles. At least for a few decades since carriers are a sunk cost and you have all that space and unlimited fuel anyways.
>>65384392Kys now. World will be a better place with you dead. Fucking loser
>>65384392no, drones will simply return us to 1940's era AAWThe biggest change will be the CIWS will get the CRAM ammunition. All these crazy expensive interceptor missiles exist because of other crazy expensive supersonic/ballistic missiles that travel too fast for bullets to intercept. But CIWS and 5 inch guns are more than adequate for the speeds drones are able to achieve. And a point for ww2 kamikaze planes over drones is that the planes were much more robust and NEEDED to be blown to smithereens or they'd just crash into the ship on inertia. Drones are not so robust. A 20mm CIWS with proximity fuse is more than enough. The Ford class carriers have a much larger amount of CIWS that previous carriers btw. It's the undersea threat we really need to think about.
The proliferation of ecm and impovements of conventional countermeasures will result in the total redundamcy of autonomous systems. Radars will be jammed, optics will be dazzled, computing chips fried by overcurrent. We will need to go back to aquire targets with our eyes, direct our aim by purely physical energy and rely on dumb munitions to bridge the gap between us and our enemies.AND YOU WILL LIKE IT
>>65385708This sounds like a good idea for China or Russia but US will not politically abide pilot deaths and airframe attrition. The Reapers that every liberal loathed anyway as a symbol of American imperialism are getting blown up on the ground causing a lot of embarrassment and political scrambling all the same. Also I think you're overestimating jamming abilities and underestimating the ability of AI to operate in EW denied airspace. I think the biggest unknown, which will stay secret for as long as possible, is how Space Force will deliver telemetry and strike authorization capabilities to swarm commanders.
>>65384392How many times do you intend to make this thread?
