DoD Buzz | All right, armchair admirals: Deal with a small-boat swarm

[polaris93]

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/04/19/all-right-armchair-admirals-deal-with-a-small-boat-swarm/Read more... )

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[mauser]

AEGIS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Combat_System

My dad worked on that.

[polaris93]

That would do the job, all right. I wonder why whoever wrote the article didn't know that.

[banner]

Quad fifty cals work well.

[mauser]

Phalanx.

[jordan179]

Use the utility/ASW helicopters carried by most modern warships. Most are designed to be able to launch small air-to-surface missiles, most have hardpoints allowing machineguns to be fitted. A "swarm of small, fast attackers" will have no anti-aircraft capability of which to speak. Easy meat.

[polaris93]

mauser provided the Aegis Combat System, something his father worked on. But an air strike sounds good, too.