Another technology delivery to our enemies thanks to democrats!
Posted on 02/21/2024 10:33:12 AM PST by House Atreides
“Did you consider that maybe, just maybe this was the plan?”
Yeppers. And didn’t Iran capture a flying drone the last time Obama was president?
“Jeez, assuming this is true this submarine drone will likely be in Iranian hands in short order to be reverse engineered. Not good! “
Chicom hands.
What’s long and hard and carries no seamen?
A Remus 600!
Unless of course it is transmitting its location back to USN and as no other actual purpose.
A Hong Kong paper. I suspect this sub is the equivalent of an aerial drone, only under water. At about 13 inch diameter, it’s a one foot wide tube with a very slow speed mostly used for mine detection, if I’m reading correctly. Apparently the houthis captured another one back in 2018, so this isn’t quite the bonanza this article makes it seem.
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REMUS 600
US Navy sailors lower a REMUS 600 into the water during a mine countermeasures exercise
The midsized REMUS 600 was previously known as the REMUS 12.75, so called due to its 12.75-inch (32.4 cm) diameter. It was renamed to the 600 to correspond to the maximum depth at which it can operate (600m).[8] It can travel at speeds of up to 5 knots (9.3 km/h) and has an endurance of up to 70 hours at its standard cruising speed of 3 knots (5.6 km/h).[8]
A US Navy derivative of this platform designated Mk 18 Mod 2 Kingfish was manufactured from 2012 to 2023.[9][10] The Mk 18 Mod 2 is equipped with side-scan sonar, a downward-looking video camera, ADCP, GPS, beam attenuation meter (BAM) to measure turbidity, and a conductivity temperature depth (CTD) sensor.[11][12]
A total of 175 REMUS 600s were delivered to customers in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan.[7]
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“it should have come with a remote self-destruct capability”
That wouldn’t be environmentally friendly.
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And it might have killed some little fish. Can’t have that.
I agree.
And Russia and China will get to look at it.
Any group that would put women on submarines is that far down the toilet.
I have a feeling the Russians are screwing us through Iran for the screwing we’ve been giving them in Ukraine.
Why the f diidnt we blow it up when it was seized. What a third rate country we’ve become.
The only way they could have done this was if it was an inside job working with Obama
Obama flat refused to send an air strike to destroy the drone which pretty much confirms it was a Obama Admin gift to Iran
Iran, Russia, China and North Korea have spent the last decade reverse engineering what was the Crown Jewels of the Lockheed Skunk Works
Knock offs have been showing up fortune last few years and they are very good copies.
The same can be said of the Sub drone - it is a Biden give away to Iran
These things are hard to intercept and the only way the Houthis could pull this off is if it an inside job assisted by Biden Admin
The fact that Biden has not ordered a strike to destroy the sun speaks volumes
The fact is that a good part of the Democrat Party are on Irans side and are working on behalf of Iran
Another technology delivery to our enemies thanks to democrats!
Biden the gift that keeps on giving.
Are we just handing over our latest military technology to our enemies and using war as an excuse? Naahh! I should stop being so cynical! Likewise with our botched withdraw from Afghanistan. I’m sure it was just incompetence that caused us to leave all that equipment behind, not a deliberate act. /s
I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but this administration makes it so hard.
Did the Yemenis really ‘capture’ it, or did we allow it to be captured? Sadly, one has to wonder nowadays.
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