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• With the US turning its back on exquisite, expensive military goods in favor of volume manufacturing of less expensive items, new strategies should come to the fore. But attritable $250,000...
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With the US turning its back on exquisite, expensive military goods in favor of volume manufacturing of less expensive items, new strategies should come to the fore. But attritable $250,000 drones will still be too expensive for long conflicts. If it is difficult to manufacture submarines and carriers are vulnerable, why not completely change what is made? For force protection of the US Navy, to protect expeditionary Marine units, for risky missions, and to protect shipping, what is the lowest-cost solution we can come up with? What if the US put a ring not on it but around its existing craft, rings of inexpensive autonomous vehicles that defended the fleet and installations? What’s better than a loyal wingman? I give you the Kamikaze Bluejacket. Sacrificial swabby? Or perhaps the disposab