Middle East Defence & Security

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swerve

Super Moderator
StobieWan said:
Martlet would be my bet - we've moved a pair of Wildcat helicopters out there and they can carry dozens of them - they're lightweight, laser guided and as cheap as chips.

If you're wanting to splash drones then you could carry 30 plus rounds quite easily.
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Tens of thousands of quid for Martlet rather than hundreds of thousands for CAMM & millions for Aster, Standard, Patriot, ESSM etc.

For those flying low & slow enough door gunners, a trainer equipped with a gun pod, etc. should be cheaper. I'm all for using everything that works, while taking into account cost effectiveness. Small drones to blow up bigger ones, guided APKWS, whatever. And non-kinetic when available & suitable.
 
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uguduwa

Member
Feanor said:
Against low and slow drones a door gunner works too, or a gun-pod. Russia and Ukraine are doing that quite actively.



It might be a sign that they cant reliably cover the strait with radar and have to opt for this instead. In principle the US can clear mines, the issue is they have to send assets in to do that. So the question is, can Iran still hit ships in that area or not?
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Maybe they just want oil prices to go up after prices went down. It doesn‘t seem like they have a Hortsge of missiles or drones. Tonight they sent more missiles than the past few days. This is either going to be a long war or a humiliating TACO that could cost the Us the entire middle east.
 
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