[ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary

[Jason Resch]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2026, 8:19 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
> Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary
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> >...The battleship failed to intercept all of the drones - with staging
> that was more favorable to the battleship ... Adrian
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It did intercept 99 out of 100 drones.

The missile destroyer ran out of interceptors after 64 drones.


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> That was an old-style battleship.  A modern battleship receives signals
> from satellites of incoming hypersonic missiles, then slips below the waves
> until the missiles pass over, unable to locate their target.  Then the
> targe resurfaces and fires counterstrikes.
>


A modern battleship would have computer controlled guns and ammunition with
proximity fuses which the battleship in this demonstration lacked.


> Old style battleships are obsolete.  We already knew that.
>


But guns aren't obsolete when it comes to defense against very cheap
drones, for which a missile is overkill, and for which lasers require too
much time and energy per target. I think this demonstration shows guns
still have utility when it comes to defending against drones that cost
$30,000 (when interceptor missiles cost 100X that, and ships can only carry
a few dozen of them).

Jason
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