gravitas_deficiency ,

Oh yeah 100%. I would not at all be shocked if, in a few years, a fleet of “fishing vessels” launch thousands of drones to kick off an annexation attempt on Taiwan.

It’d probably be frighteningly effective, because to my knowledge not even the US has a system that would be able to reliably stand up to, for instance, 200 drones launched towards an Arleigh Burke DDG. They’re starting to roll out directed energy point-defense, but as far as I know, it’s still very much in the testing and proof-of-concept phase. Not to mention, the PRC would absolutely lose its shit - perhaps to the extent that it actually prematurely precipitates an invasion - if we were to give Taiwan directed energy PDC.

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