The Navy Just Bought A Fleet Of Robot Submarines To Prowl The Oceans And Mess With Adversaries

Business Insider ^ | 2-19-2019 | Jared Keller

[Buckeye McFrog]

Tonight's feature on Monster Chiller Horror Theater is Robot Submarines Meet The Creature From The Black Lagoon starring Lyle Talbot, Tuesday Weld, Ernest Borgnine and Buster Crabbe.

[Big Red Badger]

I am impressed!

[rexthecat]

Unmanned ships and planes are the future of warfare. Robots and automation don’t need to be fed or trained and can easily be replaced when they die.

[Big Red Badger]

Launch a Predator from an ORCA!

or
Ninjas,

Or,,,

[fella]

A fleet of automatous submarines each capable of launching Trident missiles could stay on station at extreme depths for extended periods of time.

[House Atreides]

I’m predicting that within a couple of years one of these will be “snatched” and attempted to be taken to either China or Russia.

[Oldexpat]

Smuggle drugs for the cartels.

[bert]

Me too

This will cause admirals all over the world to worry

[PIF]

Original story:
Boeing Is Building Big Orca Drone Subs For The Navy To Hunt And Lay Mines And More
The new drone submarines will help lay the groundwork for the service's ambitious future unmanned undersea vehicle plans.
By Joseph Trevithick February 15, 2019

[ptsal]

Catch that rascal in a trawl net and it will be a real rodeo.

[Grampa Dave]

Since the Navy can’t afford to have starboard and port watches manned by sailors, this may be a good plan.

[shotgun]

Place it on the tail of the new Iranian submarine with a constant pinging. that should drive them nuts...

[Menehune56]

I'd like to see a fleet of autonomous armed drones patrolling the southern border 24/7.

[JamesP81]

I always wondered how they controlled these things. Radio doesn’t travel well through water.

[wally_bert]

For the most part, bots and drones will be the way to go for duking it out.

[farming pharmer]

I’m predicting that within a couple of years one of these will be “snatched” and attempted to be taken to either China or Russia.

I read somewhere that Russia already has these, some armed with nuclear weapons. A one megaton blast in a harbor could sure do some damage.

[DannyTN]

That’s why it’s autonomous.

It just does what it feels like.

[Seruzawa]

Especially US ones.

[farming pharmer]

ELF?