Now the US Navy has lost four of its boats
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typical boys. cant be bothered to put the toys away then bitch they lose them....go figger.....finders, keepers???!!!!!
Thomas Dolby Tune
Didn't Thomas Dolby do a tune called "One of our submarines is missing" back in the 90's?
Didn't Thomas Dolby do a tune called "One of our submarines is missing" back in the 90's?
battery bank and sonar
Think of the battery bank and sonar (forward looking maybe) that you could salvage from those babies!!!
Think of the battery bank and sonar (forward looking maybe) that you could salvage from those babies!!!
Ayup.
I'm a bit in shock that there's no mechanism (watchdog timer, recall mode, built-in tracking beacon, etc) built into those things.
And yeah, I would love to have one for the parts
They aren't boats.
The Navy lost four submersible unmanned drones over the weekend in the Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Va., and is asking the public for help in finding the errant torpedo shaped drones. Communication was lost with four of the 13 undersea drones on Sunday as they were scanning the sea floor for mines as part of a training exercise.
The Navy said the search continued today and they are thinking of using dolphins and sea lions trained to hunt for mines to aid in the search. The Navy said the undersea drones are not a danger to civilians or the environment and asked boaters if they happen to spot one floating on the water to call the U.S. Second Fleet commander
Read more: http://defensetech.org/2010/06/08/i...sea-robots-please-call-us-navy/#ixzz0qpl8djj1
Defense.org
The Navy lost four submersible unmanned drones over the weekend in the Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Va., and is asking the public for help in finding the errant torpedo shaped drones. Communication was lost with four of the 13 undersea drones on Sunday as they were scanning the sea floor for mines as part of a training exercise.
The Navy said the search continued today and they are thinking of using dolphins and sea lions trained to hunt for mines to aid in the search. The Navy said the undersea drones are not a danger to civilians or the environment and asked boaters if they happen to spot one floating on the water to call the U.S. Second Fleet commander
Read more: http://defensetech.org/2010/06/08/i...sea-robots-please-call-us-navy/#ixzz0qpl8djj1
Defense.org
Interesting. Is anyone thinking they'd like to punch out the guy who sent these drones out because they were not fully developed and prepared for this kind of deployment? Any arguments that he should be footing the exorbitant bill for the losses and damages, and not us as taxpayers?
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