Why the US Navy WEAPONIZES an Empty Helicopter to Annihilate Swarms

Описание: Imagine dozens of suicide speedboats rushing a $13 billion aircraft carrier at once. In this deadly scenario, the ship's massive guns are too cumbersome, and traditional torpedoes are too expensive and slow. The fleet needs a solution that is cheap but precise.
Enter the MH-60S Sierra. Navy strategists looked at the helicopter's massive empty belly, originally gutted for cargo, and saw wasted potential. They asked: "How much of this empty volume can we convert into lethality modules?". To answer this, the Sierra was surgically altered with "Batwings" to turn the cargo bay into a weapons rack.
By taking "dumb" 2.75-inch Hydra rockets from the Vietnam era and giving them a brain with a laser guidance seeker, the Navy created the APKWS—a cost revolution that turns a cheap rocket into a "Sniper Missile". Backed by GAU-21 .50 caliber heavy machine guns firing 1,100 rounds per minute , this once-empty helicopter becomes the ultimate swarm annihilator, proving the absolute system dominance of the US Navy.

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Timestamps:
0:00 The Silence of the Void & Deadliest Submarine Threats
2:20 Splitting the MH-60 Seahawk's Soul
4:39 MH-60R Romeo: Hunting Silent Submarines
7:29 MH-60S Sierra: Nuclear Carrier Logistics & VERTREP
9:50 Weaponizing the Void Against Swarm Attacks
12:35 Asset Preservation & Carrier Inertia
14:54 System Dominance of a Carrier Strike Group