LORA.

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EVERY ship a WARSHIP??

From the Israeli Internet web site Ynet:

"In first, classified Israeli missile hits 400km target range"

Two-hundred fifty mile range for those of you metrically challenged.

"LORA weapons system, a theater quasi-ballistic missile, was developed by the Israel Aerospace Industries and has been tested two months ago at sea to tryout its effectiveness in naval warfare"
 
"The missile is a deceptive one that could hide in plain sight on a commercial freight ship. If undetected, it could launch up to 16 missiles before being located."

"No modifications to the ship are required once the weapons system is loaded on. In addition to offensive missiles, cargo ships can be equipped with canisterized and/or concealed anti-ship missiles and guns, as well as air and missile defense interceptors and sensors - making them asymmetric and concealable warships."

IT MIGHT BE A WORTHY IDEA TO ADD SOME SORT OF POD WITH NET-CENTRIC TARGETING CAPABILITY FEEDING DATA TO THE FIRING UNIT. A SMALL ADDITION I MIGHT THINK.

Using off-the-shelf and readily available weapons system a modern battleship can be built of almost large size merchant vessel and ready for combat in an instant. See my prior pertinent blog entry with additional embedded links:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/10/dreadnought-iii.html

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