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In the context of the Houthis launching drones against western ships.

So I heard that recently, both French and US warships have been targetted by Houthis drone and had to shoot some missiles to get rid of them.

Shooting 2 missiles isn't necessarily a big deal, but assuming the thing don't calm down, a warship shooting two missiles a day will quickly run low in Sea to Air missile.

How easy is to reload a warship ? Can you have navy helicopter dropping some missiles to the ship so they extend the patrol ? Can you transport naval missile in a cargo plane so you can reload them in a "remote" naval-base (thinking about the French base in Djibouti for example) or do they have to sail all the way to their home base (Effectively limiting the ability to keep boats patrolling on zone) ?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The crazy part is that this video was made already one month ago, I didn't realized warship started to intercept drones that early.

I hope a war won't start, but It may-be an interesting conflict to watch, and with the massive impact cheap drones have in Ukraine and Armenia it may-be less asymmetric than the previous ones. A pitty that one more time kids will come back in wooden box to please a few rich assholes owning stocks in the defence industry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

The biggest problem with that approach, especially in a full blown war, is the opponent with the technical edge can usually pinpoint where the drone was either launched from, or is being controlled from.

And you will not be intercepting whatever they shoot back with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I want to say the US was quietly reporting shooting down drones and even missiles basically within days of the start of the conflict.

It is just that it is not in the US's interest to say "We are under attack and need to get directly involved in this shitshow", it is not in Israel's interest to acknowledge that this ethnic cleansing is part of a larger war against their neighbors, and it isn't in Al Jazeera/Qatar's interest to acknowledge anything but the ethnic cleansing. Because the reality is that Hamas are (allegedly) backed by Iran and they, and Iran, are more or less sacrificing the Palestinian people to promote their own interests. And Israel is glad to cooperate while avoiding a "real" war.

What I will add: Random drones and even missiles aren't entirely unheard of even when there is not a conflict waiting to boil over. It is just, again, it isn't really in anyone's interest to make a big deal out of them.