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Put a forty-millimeter gun in a shipping container and give a ship another way to defend itself. BAE Systems’ Sea Tridon C takes a familiar piece of logistics equipment and proposes giving it a much more interesting job.
I’m a big fan of containerized weapons. Standardized containers can make moving military equipment easier. Sea Tridon C aims to make adding defensive firepower to a vessel easier, too.
In this video, I explain the Bofors 40mm gun, programmable ammunition, and why navies need options beyond guided missiles. We’ll also look at the potential for protecting commercial ships—and everything you still have to solve before putting an armed container on somebody’s deck.
The gun is established technology. This new package still has testing ahead of it. A shipping container can simplify transportation. It doesn’t come with a trained crew, permission to carry weapons into every port, or answers for your insurance company.
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Source: Ryan McBeth
