OT Russia claims it can wipe out entire US Navy with a single ‘electronic bomb’

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I assume we have this same technology. Sounds like a plan!
 
Now that they told us we can counteract accordingly. We can drop a few bizarre things ourselves. 1.png
 
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3RA1N1AC said:
I assume we have this same technology. Sounds like a plan!
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I read somewhere recently that Russia's missile defense technology is actually very far advanced in comparison. I think I read it on twitter, but it might be true and it would help explain this story.
 
If they really had this technology to disable I our entire navy, why are they revealing it? Something like that is better kept secret, so when you do decide to attack, you can take the enemy by surprise. Just more care tactics
 
If we have one weakness, it's our reliance on very high tech stuff. Taking out our satellites and/or GPS would take away a huge part of our advantages.

One of the lessons learned form the Falklands war is that the Falkland air force and it's bi planes gave the British high tech battleships a tough time.
 
GriLtCheeZ said:
Dude, I'll never get pumped up for a good ol' insurgency with you using the remake version of the Red Dawn poster.
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I used that version because the enemy is Russian/North Korean and the Russians used an electronic bomb to cripple our defenses before invading.

Sound familiar?
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
I used that version because the enemy is Russian/North Korean and the Russians used an electronic bomb to cripple our defenses before invading.

Sound familiar?
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But you've got to ask yourself, do you want people to get pumped up or not?
 
3RA1N1AC said:
@BrianFromWA ?
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I don't know much about Russia's tactical missile defense programs (think Patriot or David's Sling). I do know that I'm not particularly worried about our ballistic missiles being impeded if, Heaven forbid, they are launched.

And Denny, I'm not sure what the advantages for anyone taking out our GPS would be. The Russian fleet is as dependent on GLONASS (more so?) than we are on GPS. And while I'm sure they have some die hards who still remember, like Marazul and I do, how to use a sextant and CelNav, I highly doubt that the majority of the Russian High Seas Fleet would be similarly skilled.
 
BrianFromWA said:
I don't know much about Russia's tactical missile defense programs (think Patriot or David's Sling). I do know that I'm not particularly worried about our ballistic missiles being impeded if, Heaven forbid, they are launched.

And Denny, I'm not sure what the advantages for anyone taking out our GPS would be. The Russian fleet is as dependent on GLONASS (more so?) than we are on GPS. And while I'm sure they have some die hards who still remember, like Marazul and I do, how to use a sextant and CelNav, I highly doubt that the majority of the Russian High Seas Fleet would be similarly skilled.
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But can the navy shoot down a biplane? Your refusal to answer this is very illuminating.
 
just drop free vodka on the Russians...create a diversion
 
BrianFromWA said:
I don't know much about Russia's tactical missile defense programs (think Patriot or David's Sling). I do know that I'm not particularly worried about our ballistic missiles being impeded if, Heaven forbid, they are launched.

And Denny, I'm not sure what the advantages for anyone taking out our GPS would be. The Russian fleet is as dependent on GLONASS (more so?) than we are on GPS. And while I'm sure they have some die hards who still remember, like Marazul and I do, how to use a sextant and CelNav, I highly doubt that the majority of the Russian High Seas Fleet would be similarly skilled.
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The Russian have a much larger force, in terms of actual military personnel, tanks, artillery, oil production surplus, etc. In a conventional war without the tech, we're somewhat overwhelmed, no?

We do have superiority in planes, helicopters, and navy (go navy!), but without smart munitions, how effective is that superiority?
 
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BrianFromWA said:
use a sextant and CelNav
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Remember using a sextant and the book I am currently reading sort of comes together here.
One of the early chapter in the Jack London tale of the Cruise of the Snark, is about learning the in and outs of celestial navigation.
One section grabbed me especially, since I went through the pain of learning the pitfalls almost exactly like described in London's way.

On the way to Hawaii in the spring it becomes damn difficult to detect "noon" using a sextant as you are cross directly under the latitude track of the Sun
as it moves North daily to the most Northerly point, the Tropic of Cancer on June 21. Trying to measure when the sun at it's highest, when it is directly overhead is tricky with a one dimensional measuring device. Properly detecting noon with give you a longitude position. There are better ways in these circumstances but I will save you that one.

London blew his calculation on approaching Hawaii by 200 miles. My daughter and I were off just about the same. Thank goodness for RDF techniques to backup the CN. The GPS leaves time for much better things.
 
Sorry, I was going off of the OP about disabling the Navy.

I totally agree with you that 20M peasants with pitchforks is still a bad day. Quantity has a quality all its own.
 
MarAzul said:
Remember using a sextant and the book I am currently reading sort of comes together here.
One of the early chapter in the Jack London tale of the Cruise of the Snark, is about learning the in and outs of celestial navigation.
One section grabbed me especially, since I went through the pain of learning the pitfalls almost exactly like described in London's way.

On the way to Hawaii in the spring it becomes damn difficult to detect "noon" using a sextant as you are cross directly under the latitude track of the Sun
as it moves North daily to the most Northerly point, the Tropic of Cancer on June 21. Trying to measure when the sun at it's highest, when it is directly overhead is tricky with a one dimensional measuring device. Properly detecting noon with give you a longitude position. There are better ways in these circumstances but I will save you that one.

London blew his calculation on approaching Hawaii by 200 miles. My daughter and I were off just about the same. Thank goodness for RDF techniques to backup the CN. The GPS leaves time for much better things.
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In my mid days, I sailed a 44' down the Chesapeake, up to Long Island Sound, through NYC and into the C&D canal back to Annapolis. For grins I took some fixes on CelNav, just to prove I could. That's a great point about using noon fixes in the tropics.
 
BrianFromWA said:
Sorry, I was going off of the OP about disabling the Navy.

I totally agree with you that 20M peasants with pitchforks is still a bad day. Quantity has a quality all its own.
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There's something to say for brute force.

I heard this story about how a bunch of guys with sticks defeated a tank.

They rushed the tank, flipped it on its side, and then beat the occupants with the sticks when they tried to get out.
 
Another fun example.

GHW Bush ordered a small scale invasion of Somalia when some warlord(s) there were causing us some trouble.

Our seal teams stormed the beach in their night vision goggles. The media was all there with their lights and cameras and those lights effectively blinded our seals.
 
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