10-01-2017, 07:21 PM | #18 |
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Re: [Ultra-Tech] What would naval warfare at TL10 look like?
Let's not forget the role of materiel transport (modern-day Military Sealift Command). Some things will be too heavy to transport by air, and require transport across oceans. Ships designed for anti-piracy/anti-insurgent actions will also be needed (and pirates are a danger even today; see: Somali pirates in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean).
I don't think everything will go full-on submarine. The physical and psychological standards for submariners are much higher than those of the surface ships, so what you gain in stealth you'd lose in overall eligible manpower. At some point someone will say "our Navy is under-manned because our standards are too high", at which point the reason those standards are in place will surface when people not suited for sub service gets assigned to one and flip out for some reason or other, which will raise some (probably very public) questions as to why the standards were lowered in the first place(!).
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