Yumpin Yemenese !
The U.S. DEI navy at its finest...
This, obviously, is intentional...
I’m not sure this is the hugh and series thing people are knee-jerk reacting to.
The “advanced American unmanned submarine” thing is a bit misleading- the REMUS 600 platform is available to commercial users. It’s a 12.5 inch diameter underwater drone.
If this thing was operating clandestinely or surveilling the Houthis, I’m guessing we wouldn’t have been using the neon-yellow version with the manufacturer’s logos prominently displayed. (And a quick image search shows that yes, the Navy has a nice low-visibility gray version for surveillance / targeting etc).
Which, ditto the whole self-destruct thing- if it’s a commercial version, probably a liability to have it explode in some random civilian’s face if they attempt to recover it.
I’m not happy they got it, and I assume it’s in Tehran by now, but it strikes me that this probably was a mapping or meteorological drone that got grabbed, not the “pinnacle of unmanned naval engineering.”
Did you consider that maybe, just maybe this was the plan?
What bait are the Yemeni fisherpeoples using for submarines?
“Jeez, assuming this is true this submarine drone will likely be in Iranian hands in short order to be reverse engineered. Not good!”
We probably gave it to them. Got to keep the arms race alive.
A shift in Naval power?
Because the yemidiots captured a drone?
Who writes this crap?
McNamara thought that US high tech sensors and weaponry would defeat those sandal wearing Vietnamese, too.
“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 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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And Russia and China will get to look at it.
Why the f diidnt we blow it up when it was seized. What a third rate country we’ve become.
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.
Trojan horse sub?