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by Republic of Penguinian Astronautia » Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:58 am
by Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:02 am
Republic of Penguinian Astronautia wrote:When planning naval forces from the ground up, is creating a coast guard a good place to start, and then adding on capabilities such as submarines and patrol aircraft? How can I design a coast guard?
by Champagne Socialist Sharifistan » Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:49 am
by Cossack Peoples » Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:54 am
Champagne Socialist Sharifistan wrote:In 2052 would some level of space warfare be realistic?
E.G. The space forces of 2 countries destroying the other country's intelligence satellites and protecting their own.
"You give a monkey a stick, inevitably he’ll beat another monkey to death with it."
— Sadavir Errinwright, Expanse S2E12
by Spirit of Hope » Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:06 am
Champagne Socialist Sharifistan wrote:In 2052 would some level of space warfare be realistic?
E.G. The space forces of 2 countries destroying the other country's intelligence satellites and protecting their own.
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by Saranidia » Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:09 am
Cossack Peoples wrote:Champagne Socialist Sharifistan wrote:In 2052 would some level of space warfare be realistic?
E.G. The space forces of 2 countries destroying the other country's intelligence satellites and protecting their own.
It would prolly be very limited, as countries wouldn't want to militarize space.
If you're just talking about swatting satellites out of the sky, that's well within the limits of MT nations though, just requires some long-range SAM systems or a throwaway ICBM. Anti-ballistic missiles (which also fall under SAM systems) could be used to protect satellites, but if there are spaceships you can count on those either retreating or being overwhelmed by ICBM's.
by Bulgar Rouge » Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:30 am
Champagne Socialist Sharifistan wrote:In 2052 would some level of space warfare be realistic?
E.G. The space forces of 2 countries destroying the other country's intelligence satellites and protecting their own.
by The Akasha Colony » Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:01 pm
Republic of Penguinian Astronautia wrote:When planning naval forces from the ground up, is creating a coast guard a good place to start, and then adding on capabilities such as submarines and patrol aircraft? How can I design a coast guard?
by Austrasien » Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:08 pm
Champagne Socialist Sharifistan wrote:In 2052 would some level of space warfare be realistic?
E.G. The space forces of 2 countries destroying the other country's intelligence satellites and protecting their own.
by Bulgar Rouge » Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:22 pm
Austrasien wrote:Champagne Socialist Sharifistan wrote:In 2052 would some level of space warfare be realistic?
E.G. The space forces of 2 countries destroying the other country's intelligence satellites and protecting their own.
Yes. By this point, it will probably be necessary as the whole world will be under more-or-less continual observation at a very high resolution. Though commercial satellites will be a major part of this. Very lightweight optics and antennas are an area where huge improvements can be expected in the not too distant future, which will permit much smaller satellites (which are affordable for private enterprises and smaller states) to capture much better optical/infrared/radar imagery, comparable to what only the NRO can do now but with higher temporal resolution because the number of satellites will likely be larger.
by Austrasien » Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:09 pm
Bulgar Rouge wrote:That is already the case, for the most part.
by United Earthlings » Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:29 pm
Republic of Penguinian Astronautia wrote:When planning naval forces from the ground up, is creating a coast guard a good place to start, and then adding on capabilities such as submarines and patrol aircraft? How can I design a coast guard?
by Immoren » Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:32 pm
The Akasha Colony wrote:Republic of Penguinian Astronautia wrote:When planning naval forces from the ground up, is creating a coast guard a good place to start, and then adding on capabilities such as submarines and patrol aircraft? How can I design a coast guard?
For small nations whose entire strategic objective is just to patrol their own waters to catch illegal fishers or smugglers, the role of a coast guard and a navy are rather similar so it is questionable to what degree a separate navy is needed in the first place.
For large navies with strategic objectives beyond finding narco-submarines, they are separate enough that they will have little in common with the coast guard, which is why they are separate in the first place.
discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there
by Champagne Socialist Sharifistan » Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:53 pm
The Akasha Colony wrote:Republic of Penguinian Astronautia wrote:When planning naval forces from the ground up, is creating a coast guard a good place to start, and then adding on capabilities such as submarines and patrol aircraft? How can I design a coast guard?
For small nations whose entire strategic objective is just to patrol their own waters to catch illegal fishers or smugglers, the role of a coast guard and a navy are rather similar so it is questionable to what degree a separate navy is needed in the first place.
For large navies with strategic objectives beyond finding narco-submarines, they are separate enough that they will have little in common with the coast guard, which is why they are separate in the first place.
by Cossack Peoples » Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:59 pm
"You give a monkey a stick, inevitably he’ll beat another monkey to death with it."
— Sadavir Errinwright, Expanse S2E12
by Crookfur » Sat Apr 25, 2020 5:11 pm
Cossack Peoples wrote:I noticed earlier on Forum 7 that someone criticized another for having no dedicated battle rifle, and that brings me to asking this; what types of rifles/automatic weapons should a well-rounded infantry force have, and what are the tactical applications for each? My country right now has a spammy carbine, but should we expand to include battle rifles, submachine guns, etc.?
by Crookfur » Sat Apr 25, 2020 5:34 pm
by Cossack Peoples » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:01 pm
Crookfur wrote:As for a list of what you need/would be nice to have it would look as follows:
A regular 16 to 18" barrelled small calibre high velocity rifle as your main stay.
A short, 12" barreled version of the above for special types and maybe drivers etc.
Some kind of light machine gun in your main round, be it a heavy barrelled version of your rifle, with or without a belt feeding conversion or a ground up design (again with or without belt feed).
A general purpose machine gun.
A designated marksman rifle. This could again be your rifle but with a heavy barrel, bigger scope and other fiddly bits but most militaries have found that by the time you put the extra mass and size in you might as well up the calibre too.
An actual precision sniper/long range rifle should be on the list but these will mostly live at battalion level.
"You give a monkey a stick, inevitably he’ll beat another monkey to death with it."
— Sadavir Errinwright, Expanse S2E12
by Dukin Donuts » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:26 pm
Crookfur wrote:As for a list of what you need/would be nice to have it would look as follows:
A regular 16 to 18" barrelled small calibre high velocity rifle as your main stay.
A short, 12" barreled version of the above for special types and maybe drivers etc.
Some kind of light machine gun in your main round, be it a heavy barrelled version of your rifle, with or without a belt feeding conversion or a ground up design (again with or without belt feed).
A general purpose machine gun.
A designated marksman rifle. This could again be your rifle but with a heavy barrel, bigger scope and other fiddly bits but most militaries have found that by the time you put the extra mass and size in you might as well up the calibre too.
An actual precision sniper/long range rifle should be on the list but these will mostly live at battalion level.
by Taihei Tengoku » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:55 pm
by Dukin Donuts » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:58 pm
Taihei Tengoku wrote:You can do much worse than M16A1.
by Gallia- » Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:07 pm
by Spirit of Hope » Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:08 pm
Imperializt Russia wrote:Support biblical marriage! One SoH and as many wives and sex slaves as he can afford!
by Taihei Tengoku » Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:13 pm
by Dukin Donuts » Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:14 pm
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