Eine Torheit der Trump-Klasse auf hoher See

Phillips Payson O’Brien: “Late last month, Ukraine’s military signaled a major shift in how wars between nations will be waged in the coming years. Using the country’s homegrown Sea Baby naval drones, Ukrainian forces badly damaged two oil tankers off the coast of Turkey, in the Black Sea. Shortly thereafter, another oil tanker was attacked, reportedly also by the Ukrainians, in waters thousands of miles away, in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Senegal. A similar attack on a tanker occurred earlier this month in the Mediterranean Sea.

“All of these vessels are believed to be part of the so-called shadow fleet of tankers that, despite multinational sanctions against Russia, have been sailing the world’s oceans and delivering large quantities of Russian oil. Disrupting the invader’s oil industry, thereby starving the Kremlin of revenue, has become essential to Ukraine’s survival, and the use of cheap weaponry to disable faraway oil tankers is a crucial part of the country’s military strategy.

“The conflict that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has revealed the erosion of many post–World War II norms, including on the high seas. After many decades of relative peace on the world’s oceans, one can easily forget that civilian ships were once a routine target of military operations during wartime. But long-range anti-ship technology has become so effective—and so cheap relative to other ways of attacking an enemy—that the risk to merchant vessels will rise sharply. Even countries such as Ukraine, which has limited means and minimal naval experience, can thwart their enemies’ maritime interests in ways that have been almost unthinkable for 80 years …

“In this context, what the Ukrainians have been doing since November is ominous. In the next large state-to-state war, Russia’s shadow oil tankers won’t be the only casualty, and naval drones such as the Sea Baby won’t be the only culprits. Submarines, so consequential during World War II, remain potent weapons for sinking merchant ships—particularly in combination with other technologies. Anti-ship missiles, launchable from the air or the ground, are more accurate and destructive than ever, and have gained longer range. Aerial drones, which have become ubiquitous in the war in Ukraine, both on the battlefield and in the attacks on city and civilian infrastructure, represent a further threat.”

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I’m sorry but having the biggest baddest expensive like hell ship that can be destroyed by a bunch of 50k naval drones is something I would build as Russian agent – I mean why invest in drones and rockets when you can drain DoD resources to extend your manhood