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The Pentagon plans to hunt enemy submarines using this drone warship
2016-04-07
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#7  A CAPTOR mine with enhanced range and delusions of grandeur is the next step in this evolutionary chain.
Posted by: Nguard   2016-04-07 17:51  

#6  SURTASS, and likely in some sort of hunter-pack mode.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-04-07 17:03  

#5  I'm guessing it will be a SURTASS platform and not a knife-fighter.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2016-04-07 15:06  

#4  SORKS get refurbed S-3s we get drones.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-04-07 14:15  

#3  My first thought (after "I want one!") was why not a subDrone? Surface is faster, more manuverable and easier to repair. Well OOOK, so airDrone for faster and more efficient, but there are altitude control issues when components fail, again surface wins. Does/how does surfDrone defend itself? Well, it doesn't but it costs less than current platforms if it is lost. So embed it with a battlegroup, the most likely sub target, other than other subs being targeted by attack subs. But if you have a battlegroup, you already have armed airborne assets, so maybe this is best intended as a shoreDrone for perimeter patrols? Then I had to ask myself, "Why not a deployable passive sensor grid?" for 'special interest' perimeters with shore launched munitions?

So I guess I couldn't really come up with a set of use cases other than "I want one".
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-04-07 11:48  

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Posted by: Pliny Glons2836   2016-04-07 09:47  

#1  Does it self repair? Things break at sea.
Posted by: Woodrow Ebbavitch5099   2016-04-07 02:34  

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