07-30-2023, 07:09 PM
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...th-drones/
Old news, but the topic of USVs is an interesting one to me. While USVs seem unlikely to have a brobdingnagian impact in this conflict, they could be integral to a defense of Taiwan to the point where I’m surprised it isn’t a larger push/topic. China will need a large volume of ships, many civilian to move men and materiel. For the cost of a half dozen jets, they could get a fleet of likely thousands of USVs that could threaten all shipping in the straight. They could also be easily distributed, launched by small teams with a truck and trailer to make them less susceptible to long range bombardment.
Old news, but the topic of USVs is an interesting one to me. While USVs seem unlikely to have a brobdingnagian impact in this conflict, they could be integral to a defense of Taiwan to the point where I’m surprised it isn’t a larger push/topic. China will need a large volume of ships, many civilian to move men and materiel. For the cost of a half dozen jets, they could get a fleet of likely thousands of USVs that could threaten all shipping in the straight. They could also be easily distributed, launched by small teams with a truck and trailer to make them less susceptible to long range bombardment.