Russia's New Plan to Sink U.S. Navy Submarines

[rangerrebew]

January 13, 2019

Russia's New Plan to Sink U.S. Navy Submarines

Sonar-equipped robots?
by Michael Peck

The U.S. Navy has been interested in robot-towed sonars since at least 2005 , and Boeing and Lockheed Martin are developing designs for the Orca Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV), essentially an unmanned diesel submarine.

Russia is working on a new trick to track American submarines: sonar-equipped robots.


But turnabout is fair play: the United States has already developed a robotic yacht-sized surface craft designed to stalk diesel subs.

Russia has begun testing unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) equipped with towed sonar arrays, according to the newspaper Izvestia . Attached to long, flexible tethers more than a mile long, towed sonar transmitters and receivers are far enough from the noise of the towing surface ship that they suffer less interference. The downside is that like a car towing a U-Haul trailer, the towing ship moves more slowly and has to maneuver more carefully to avoid snapping the tether.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-new-plan-sink-us-navy-submarines-41472

[Smokin Joe]

The US better get ahead of the drone thing, especially autonomous and interlinked drone nets. It will be a significant part of the battlespace in the not so distant future, especially in aerial and naval conflict.

[Victoria33]

The US better get ahead of the drone thing, especially autonomous and interlinked drone nets. It will be a significant part of the battlespace in the not so distant future, especially in aerial and naval conflict.

@Smokin Joe

Why are humans around the world trying to kill other humans around the world?

[Smokin Joe]

@Smokin Joe

Why are humans around the world trying to kill other humans around the world?

It has been thus since Cain. The same fundamental motives, pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth,  appear in one form or another, or in concert, whether on the basis of just the leaders, or whole nations.


What I propose is more a deterrent than a weapon, although it could be the latter. Should potential enemies develop such to the point where it gave them a significant advantage, they will likely use that advantage to conquer.

[Victoria33]

It has been thus since Cain. The same fundamental motives, pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth,  appear in one form or another, or in concert, whether on the basis of just the leaders, or whole nations.

@Smokin Joe
@mystery-ak
@rangerrebew

Yes, glad you went there. First four people on earth:
First deception - Adam/Eve hid from God.
First murder - Cain killed Able.

Two people can live together - add a third and two will gang up on the one left.
Love God and love your neighbor as yourself - there would be peace on earth.
Marcella