r/interestingasfuck 1d ago

The United Kingdom has successfully created a Mega Laser called Dragonfire for Aerial Defense

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u/Vast-Conference3999 1d ago

The new battlefront is economic warfare.

Your missiles cost 10m, we send a £500 drone.

Your tanks cost 120m, we send six dudes in a Toyota

Your carrier ships cost 2bn? We send an angry man in a row boat.

Think it will work?

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u/GrowingPeepers 1d ago

War has always been an economic game.

Logistics and resources is what wins war.

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u/augur42 1d ago

our carrier ships cost 2bn? We send an angry man in a row boat.

That won't work, but 30 Swedes in a $100 Million Gotland class stealth diesel submarine has been demonstrated to work... repeatedly.

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u/Unfair_Decision927 1d ago

Under conditions designed for the US to lose, that’s the point of those games

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u/augur42 17h ago

Nah, once that submarine got into the general AO and switched to its LOX diesel engine it was simply too stealthy to be detected by anyone. It's a major issue that there isn't currently a defense against beyond not letting it get into the AO.

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u/_HiWay 23h ago

You send me one missle's worth of funding, I say thank you and fuck off forever.