Russian sailors: Can we get CIWS to counter USV?
Russian Naval command: No, we have CIWS at home
The CIWS at home:
Russian sailors: Can we get CIWS to counter USV?
Russian Naval command: No, we have CIWS at home
The CIWS at home:
While Russia is losing warships because they don't have enough close-range deck weaponry with the ability to throw enough lead downrange, some rando's project in the US being used to shoot at little UAVs for fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3FGiNRyGqg
EDIT:
https://www.twz.com/sea/russian-ship-under-drone-boat-attack-seen-in-dramatic-onboard-video
Generally, the close-in weapon systems on some of the Russian vessels that have been attacked appear to be less than effective against these novel threats.
Pithy.
Why do the drone boats weave and loop around so much? Seems like they're lingering in the "shoot me" zone.
Edit: could it be that they want to draw fire to themselves so other boats can move in instead?
I base this on absolutely 0 military experience BUT
Could be a distraction vessel to draw fire
Could be to give Russia a chance to use countermeasures and evaluate their effectiveness + come up with next Gen drone to mitigate current countermeasures
Could be that it is impossible to get a good video from a drone bouncing around in the water and they wanted to make contact with areas that ensure sinking
Could be a test to see how much punishment the drones can take while maintaining combat effectiveness
Could be that it's pure chaos and neither side has a great strategy aside from do/do no explode if possible
Either way, this footage is wild! Give em hell Ukraine!!
I imagine a bunch of drones zig-zagging around your ship in the middle of the night are much less predictable and harder to hit than if they are coming at you fast but in a straight line. You are bound to lose track of one of them in the chaos. There's also less of a risk that the drones blow each other up when one gets inevitably hit. Plus, there's probably a significant delay in the controls on top of the difficulty of steering an unstable watercraft like this.
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