Could non-kinetic weapons disable small boats? If so, would that translate to dealing with suicide USVs?
Useful for dealing with cartel drug boats:
As the Trump administration unleashes a new strategy targeting Latin American drug cartels determined to be “narcoterrorists” with direct military action, the Pentagon is moving to buy nonkinetic weapons that can disrupt, disable, or prevent the operation of small watercraft with minimal collateral damage or potential harm to nearby civilians and boat operators.
The system should be small enough to put on "small Coast Guard boats". That's good.
But it would also useful for suicide USVs, given that "the Navy has been searching for better ways to defend against small boats that could carry IEDs since the USS Cole was attacked in 2000."
Nonkinetic weapons like that would end the Ukraine-inspired mania real fast.
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