Drones, the Air Littoral, and the Looming Irrelevance of the USAF

[Colin Parkinson]

Likely see the smaller guns make a comback, being able to deal with the smaller stuff and leave the missiles to the bigger stuff.

 

[Kirkhill]

Likely see the smaller guns make a comback, being able to deal with the smaller stuff and leave the missiles to the bigger stuff.

How quickly can we get rounds on target at 200 m?

Detect, track, engage, kill.

 

[dimsum]

Likely see the smaller guns make a comback, being able to deal with the smaller stuff and leave the missiles to the bigger stuff.

the trade off being that usually the engagements are at closer range, which isn’t ideal in a swarm scenario.

 

[Furniture]

the trade off being that usually the engagements are at closer range, which isn’t ideal in a swarm scenario.

The secret with smaller guns is to later them with longer range options. A 30-40mm gun with hundreds of rounds is going to do a lot to a swarm when the bigger guns/missiles thin the herd.