Fascinating! I'd never thought about how Navy ships might defend themselves in port.
Pretty much what I thought about the small arms, then. T reminded me that when the Somali pirates were a thing they were talking about putting antimissile guns on ships that had to travel through there, but that most of the time it wasn't practical. I imagine the recoil would probably break non-Navy ships in half.
BTW I've realised that everything I know about Navy armaments I learned from this video:
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Date: 2025-03-26 22:43 (UTC)Pretty much what I thought about the small arms, then. T reminded me that when the Somali pirates were a thing they were talking about putting antimissile guns on ships that had to travel through there, but that most of the time it wasn't practical. I imagine the recoil would probably break non-Navy ships in half.
BTW I've realised that everything I know about Navy armaments I learned from this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n3A_-HRFfc
so my being ever so slightly out of date is all Cher's fault.