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2023-11-04 Science & Technology

US Navy launches missile from robot boat in the Middle East: Pentagon releases video of test from unmanned vessel that can strike with deadly precision

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-04 06:26|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 Only reason to do this in theater is to get the enemy's attention.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-11-04 07:31|| 2023-11-04 07:31|| Front Page Top

How soon will HAMAS be able to field the Chinese knockoffs ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-04 07:38|| 2023-11-04 07:38|| Front Page Top

#3 US Navy using Iran fast boat design pattern.

What will they think of next.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-04 07:47|| 2023-11-04 07:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Now give it the ability to *KABOOM* if boarded

Posted by Frank G 2023-11-04 08:51|| 2023-11-04 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Manned ships are an anachronism. Carriers are a foxhole that attracts the eye. Subs survive with crews for the time being. War in the year 2050 will be unrecognizable.

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-11-04 19:08|| 2023-11-04 19:08|| Front Page Top

#6 While I hosed on third shift at Sea World of Ohio in my youth, I also made change at the amusement park across Geauga Lake on day turn. My attraction was the remote controlled boats. They sucked and were battery operated. Based on that experience, this technology won’t work for a forward deployed navy. Too much robotic complexity to maintain too many basic functions. It will be more chronically broken than a McDonalds ice cream machine.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-11-04 19:52|| 2023-11-04 19:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Absolutely disagree.

Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-11-04 22:44|| 2023-11-04 22:44|| Front Page Top

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