Is the modern surface navy obsolete?
Reading this I'm glad I'm a sand squid.
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I worked for the U.S. Third Fleet when I was in the Navy. We ran these types of exercises constantly with battlegroups. To say that the opposition "sank" two-thirds of the US force is a bit of a stretch. It's training.
colloq. And because no one is using real ammunition or explosives, it's akin to me and you playing Star Wars and me saying, "I just cut off your arm!" and you'd likely respond with a "nuh uh! I dodged it and lopped off your head. You're dead!" 'Cept in this situation they have expensive computing equipment, thousands of Sailors, and an impressive Command Information Center buzzing with rendered excitement. U.S. Navy ships don't have a soft underbelly, or a blind spot for "close-in" defense systems. Why not? Because even the smallest ships will have at least six .50 cal's on deck. Not to mention RPG, M16s, smallarms, etc. And to top it all off, you're expecting objective American military information from The Exile? BUMP FOR GREAT JUSTICE! |
The US Navy invented the LRADS, or "puke ray". No other navy has a "puke ray".
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The way I always saw it was that even if a small group of rubber boats can take out a great hulking cruiser or whatever (really not down with what the boats are called now that WWII is over) countries still need a fleet of sizeable ships to defend their nuclear submarines in the open seas.
Because nuclear submarines can shoot MRBMs. Something along those lines, at least. |
moving large forces by sea is 100x easier and more efficient than by air. So, if you want to be able to put troops and equipment in a foreign land, you need a modern surface navy.
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Doesn't this only pertain to wars with people who use guerrilla tactics anyway? That's like saying our ground troops are obsolete because of vietnam or something ;\
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The thing is, I can't imagine there will be any other type of war in the foreseeable future.
If the US did go to war with -say- China my guess is missile and bomber technology is such these days that traditional battleship-type vessels would be destroyed within 5 minutes of being launched. |
Don't know, maybe we have ways of hiding from radar and satellite.
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Puke Ray for the win!
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