"A Look At The U.S. Navy's Newest Underwater Drone" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Dec 2014 10:06 p.m. PST |
"It's a fish. It's a sub. No, it's Nemo. The Navy's newest drone is an underwater robot disguised as a fish — a tuna to be more specific, though the project has been dubbed Silent Nemo, after the popular Disney film about a clown fish. Currently under testing by the Chief of Naval Operations Rapid Innovation Cell and Boston Engineering, the unmanned underwater vehicle is able to make tight turns and move through the water quietly, making it ideal for surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Once in the fleet, it could be used to inspect the hull of a ship, check waters for threats such as mines or protrusions, deliver payloads including sonar and guidance packages, and access otherwise denied areas…"
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| Mako11 | 13 Dec 2014 3:05 a.m. PST |
Looks like a shark snack to me. I suspect more than a few people in naval intel are going to be hopping mad when their new, multi-million dollar research project goes missing because it was swallowed by a large, toothy, hungry predator. Doesn't anyone watch Shark Week! anymore? If they had, they'd know this is not going to end well. |
| hagenthedwarf | 17 Dec 2014 5:52 p.m. PST |
A target because of how it looks or how it smells? |
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equips his Israeli recon unit.