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ray o'hara

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wrote:
I kept specifying "small, stealthy UAVs" - which by definition would
be used for recce, not attack - as these are the hardest targets to
detect and destroy. Now it may be that powerful navies will not be too
troubled by what they can do (you can't hide a ship too easily anyway,
so their enemy will know they are there)...

On reflection I was wrong there - even small UAVs could pose a serious
threat to ships coming within artillery range of a hostile shore, since
they could lase the ship to guide in laser-homing artillery rounds like
the Russian Krasnopol.

laser guided weapons gave a tendency to attack the sun. you only see the
good ones on tv, not all the misses.
rocks eated by the sun. reflections off of pools of water or streams can
also distract them.