[Jonnorth]

Wow really cool

https://politicaldiscussion.net/threads ... louds.781/

[Godstud]

Interesting, but not new.

[Bob Miller]

Informative, thanks

[Thunderhawk]

If its a tiny cloud obscuring part of the ship, target the rest of the ship. If its a small cloud obscuring the whole ship, instruct the missile to target the cloud. If a large cloud, continue on previous course from extrapolated data. If no hit is made than loop around and adjust course to next likely position, skimming the water.

Any substance that can obscure the target will probably blind that ship's sensors too, which should reduce active defense options.

If the strategy is to cloud valuable assets and use drone/picket ships for sensing, and perhaps active defense, then those defenses/sensors become new targets and it becomes a mater of (programing) to assess, prioritize and track multiple targets. Given smart missiles already costs tens of thousands to millions, I dont see a better CPU and extra coding being a huge burden.