According to newly released US Government documents, the United States Navy dealt with multiple drone swarm assaults on Destroyers over the course of several weeks. The report does not suggest this is an isolated incident, only that it is one that has been revealed.
The age of the carrier itself is under assault with the rise of drones, so seeing this type of activity already happening back in 2019 suggests that the age of the carrier might be over sooner than even i previously imagined.
The ramifications of the loss of carrier advantage for the United States is significant, and one we have already explored and will continue to explore on this site. One immediate outcome is global trade instability and a rise, a significant rise in the cost of exporting goods and services for everyone.
The day that a US Carrier is felled by a drone assault from a non-super-power is the day that world trade comes dramatically to a halt and the necessity for geo-proximal sustainable reliance will emerge.
New Documents Reveal U.S. Navy ‘Ghostbusters’ Battled Drones Harassing Destroyers
From www.forbes.com
2021-12-20 13:13:38
David Hambling, Contributor
Excerpt:
I previously reported how swarms of small drones harassed U.S. Navy destroyers on multiple occasions during a 2019 exercise off Los Angeles. The Navy never discovered where the drones came from, who was operating them, or why they were buzzing Navy vessels. New documents released to The War Zone in response to a Freedom of Information Act request show the drone incursions continued for weeks, and the Navy deployed a variety of weapons to counter them.
Some key details were redacted in the released documents, so the outcome of the encounters is not known. But they do reveal that efforts to counter the drones included special ‘Ghostbuster’ units, machine-guns and even the destroyer’s 5-inch guns.
The drones were observed by Ship Nautical Or Otherwise Photographic Interpretation and Exploitation (SNOOPIE)…
