$100k to take out a dingy, nice
A $10,000 dingy almost took out a 2 b Destroyer. Its all relative. Since the Littorals are the hot new thing we need to be ready for swarm suicide boats trying to take out our fancy Billion dollar surface assets. $100,000 is a bargain then.
I have a feeling future naval combat will be far different then were used to. The Blue Water USN is just to formidable for an enemy to fight on our terms. I see asymmetrical type low tech warfare to be more likely and the USN is trying to adjust for it. A lot rides on the LCS platform and the eventual mission packs, or whatever they call it, developed for them. In choke points and green water low tech threat become very dangerous, just look at the history.
The History of low tech bomb laden dingys driven by suicidal loons. Of low tech mines in confined waters. Of major surface combatants in range of land based ASMs. It seems like almost over night we went from being a Navy of power projection in the Pacific, and convoy protection in the Atlantic, to becoming a Navy that has to learn how to deal with Loons in Dhows and countries unable to afford flush toilets but willing to spend big $$ on ASMs and advanced Diesel submarines.
Our enemies are learning and adjusting.
