The Royal Navy is building a barrier against submarines. But the next threat may arrive as a merchant ship.
Good point — there’s definitely a risk there.
I’d just be a bit cautious about jumping straight to hidden weapons. That kind of escalation is harder to disguise.
The more immediate challenge is simpler:
commercial ships give you access and ambiguity.
They can loiter, observe, and sit close to infrastructure without clearly doing anything wrong. That’s what makes them difficult to challenge.
Which is where data and intelligence really matter. Bastion can detect a submarine, but interpreting a “normal” merchant ship is much harder.
Good point — there’s definitely a risk there.
I’d just be a bit cautious about jumping straight to hidden weapons. That kind of escalation is harder to disguise.
The more immediate challenge is simpler:
commercial ships give you access and ambiguity.
They can loiter, observe, and sit close to infrastructure without clearly doing anything wrong. That’s what makes them difficult to challenge.
Which is where data and intelligence really matter. Bastion can detect a submarine, but interpreting a “normal” merchant ship is much harder.