Large warships lack close/short range weapons

With the emergence of remotely piloted vehicles, large warships are vulnerable to all kinds of attack. Air borne attackers are the most difficult to ward off, as they are small, fast and difficult to detect. The threats can also come for small surface craft or underwater craft, or even remotely controlled mines. 

When the drones come in mass quantities, it create a situation where you need to deal with multiple threats. If each carry an explosive device and can attach itself onto the hull of a ship, then it spelled trouble. If you have watched the American movie “Battleship ” (2012)then you can imagine what’s going to happen! These weapons are going to be a reality in the future. 

Ship need to be fitted with more automated cannons or machine guns to fight such drones. Small missiles will need to be developed to deal with short and close range targets, it needs to be able to be fired off at any instant. The Russian rotary cannon and missiles system on their current warships is one good example. 

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