So now that the USA Navy is deploying underwater F/A-18 Super Hornet Battle Combat Ace Knight Super-D/X Series Mega Jets, how should we expect the situation in the Red Sea / Yemen conflict to develop? I understand that this is a situational deployment and usually planes like air, but obviously this is strategic. With the enemy deploying tactics like visiting their girlfriends at civilian apartments where they live, can we expect a water-to-civilian-land combat solution on the horizon?
edit* I am specifically requesting a War Thunder leak thanks
Plane not fly in water, plane fly in air.
Tell that to the Navy lol
I give them an A for effort though.
To the best of my knowledge the navy has never flown a plane underwater. If I’m wrong about that then please do enlighten me, I’d love to read that shit.
Congress dislikes fun things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_Submersible_Seaplane
The Convair Submersible Seaplane (or “Subplane”) was a United States Navy project to produce a seaplane which could travel underwater as well as fly.
Convair made detailed designs and built scale models which were tested, and averred that the craft would work, but the project did not get beyond that stage and was cancelled by Congress in 1965[2] or 1966.[1][3]
The Navy cooked up all sorts of whack-a-doodle ideas that didn’t have a chance in hell of being feasible, much less useful, but that’s definitely the silliest I’ve seen in a while.
They weren’t the only ones back then by a long shot.
Army:
Chrysler TV-8 Nuclear-Powered TankAir Force:
The McDonnell XF-85 “Goblin”Marines:
The Marine Corps’ Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC)There are weirder ones but I think these are definitely up there.
Oh no doubt, everybody had some kooky ideas.
Guys. It’s been a challenging day, and this entire thread has improved the day immensely. I’ve built a shit ton of character today but you are the true characters.
Downvote this so it goes to the bottom but I just wanna say thanks for being you.
The sunken jets cause a hazard to fishing trawlers, ensnaring their nets and disrupting their catch, thereby putting economic pressure on the adversary and creating food insecurity among enemy pescatarians. This is the peak of hybrid warfare.
In this mode the aircraft has superior protection from all modern anti-air weapon systems.
I thought this was ncd shitpost
“Well… It’s a
spaceshipplane so I’d say anywhere between 0 and 1.”
