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Context: USS Pinckney (DDG-91) is the first of the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyers to receive a cutting edge electronic warfare upgrade. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/navy-destroyer-looks-significantly-different-after-major-upgrade

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The US continues to push the bounds of what could be considered a destroyer. The Arleigh Burkes are already heavier than Atlanta class light cruisers and then this thing comes along with the extra chonk!

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago

it's all frigate - german navy probably

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US continues to push the bounds of what could be considered a destroyer.

Japan: "Am I a joke to you?"

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ship classification nomenclature creep is real. never ends either.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's aproaching dragon ball levels of power creep and we ain't talking Namek saga or Android saga we're in Buu saga.

I swear to fuck someone needs to make a HMS Dreadnought equivalent so we can clean up this nomenclature bullshit.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think automation is gonna clean a lot of this right up.

we'll be left with drones, and drone carriers. maybe a few humies on the drone carriers to do whatever can't be outright automated on at sea. and there's really no good reason to be a surface ship if all you're schlepping is drones.

[–] Rednax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Radar is kinda hard for subs. Hence air and missile defense are kinda hard for subs.

Comms with your drones is also kinda hard underwater. In fact: if you need to surface to launch and control your drones, why bother being a sub?

Drones will just be another weapon stuffed onto surface ships. Expanding the ever growing arsenal of these ships.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

yeah these limitations totally limit fire and forget munitions..... not at all.

a stealthy sub that just surfaced off your shore and released a hundred drone swarm doesn't need to stick around and wait for the fireworks.

[–] Cobaltite@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 1 year ago

Ah lawd she coming!

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Born too late to paint pinup girls on the side if WW2 bombers

Born to early for AI anime waifus

Burn just in time to paint anime waifus on the side of WW3 bombers

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Our littoral combat ships are that, plus a helping of cyber truck.

Possibly the only boat with a dump truck ass.

[–] bacondragonoverlord@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a source for the Chibi?

[–] nuke@yah.lol 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's AI. I made it with DALL-E 3

Prompt:

cartoon meme, cute small framed anime girl, she is wearing a comically large coat that is a US Navy destroyer, the US Navy destroyer coat has an absurd amount of tactical gear of radar, antenna, and electronic warfare, she is weighed down by her heavy coat

[–] grahamja@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Wtf, the future is weird.