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> If they're small - like quadcopter size - then how did you get them in range of a ship more then 10 miles off shore?

Ukraine's up to ~40. https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-war-drones-relay-sys...

They're also using their USVs as drone motherships.

> If they're large, like back of a pickup sized (which is roughly a Shahed - link for scale) then how did you transport and move them without being noticed and interdicted?

The Taliban moved pickup-sized loads around just fine.

> You're talking about flying a 1000 of something into exactly one target which has CIWS designed to track and kill supersonic missiles at close range (and is likely in a flotilla with data linked fire control).

Here's one failing to shoot a single Shahed in Baghdad down.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1rwen7b/cram...

They're weapons of last resort, and they're nowhere near perfect.



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