So I used to dream about designing various weapon systems. Mostly concepts because I'm not an engineer. Recently it has been discussed that Elon Musk's Starship could deliver people and cargo almost anywhere in the world within an hour give or take.
So combine this with Drone swarms.
A number of cargo rockets launch toward some particular conflict zone or a declaration of war. The cargo would be hundreds or thousands of drones. These drones have various capabilities ranging from control, scouting to anti armor or anti personnel. the drones could be pre-programmed to saturate a target with last-minute data and image recognition targeting software. This way even if the drone are jammed they can still carry out significant damage.
Low orbit satellites also can act as the control and targeting system for the drones as well as a number of military controlling units as needed.
Over all the drones saturate a number of targets even infiltrating structures , hangers and bunkers allowing few places to be safe. Even if these spaces are secure breaching drones can blast a hole and mini drone filter in to eliminate the targets. So while you do not need a 50-pound high explosive charge when a 1-pound charge in the right place could decimate almost any vehicle.
What this means is that entire airbases, Navy bases and yes even Army bases could be neutralized in less than 2 hours anywhere in the world. Essentially shutting down an entire nation's military assets in the time from the drop to impact in minutes. This prevents the enemy from responding in any meaningful conventional way.
So combine this with Drone swarms.
A number of cargo rockets launch toward some particular conflict zone or a declaration of war. The cargo would be hundreds or thousands of drones. These drones have various capabilities ranging from control, scouting to anti armor or anti personnel. the drones could be pre-programmed to saturate a target with last-minute data and image recognition targeting software. This way even if the drone are jammed they can still carry out significant damage.
Low orbit satellites also can act as the control and targeting system for the drones as well as a number of military controlling units as needed.
Over all the drones saturate a number of targets even infiltrating structures , hangers and bunkers allowing few places to be safe. Even if these spaces are secure breaching drones can blast a hole and mini drone filter in to eliminate the targets. So while you do not need a 50-pound high explosive charge when a 1-pound charge in the right place could decimate almost any vehicle.
What this means is that entire airbases, Navy bases and yes even Army bases could be neutralized in less than 2 hours anywhere in the world. Essentially shutting down an entire nation's military assets in the time from the drop to impact in minutes. This prevents the enemy from responding in any meaningful conventional way.
