Drone Rescue Boat

[GeeBee]

I think this is soooooo cool!

US Navy uses cutting-edge new drone boat to rescue Apache pilots who crashed near Strait of Hormuz

A US drone boat conducted a first-of-its-kind rescue mission to save the crew of an American Apache helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.

nypost.com

 

[boatbum]

It certainly is! I have been concerned about drone technology ever since I posted a video of a drone with an Uzi. Look at how that technology has evolved and what it is capable of. While this particular aspect is great, consider that the Ukraine is chucking drones at Russians like people used hand grenades, no, bullets in the past. Their numbers are so prolific it boggles the imagination.
Now consider the miniaturization of nuclear weapons. This chit is just getting off the ground and it is way uglier than we want to know about.

 

[Bob Ware]

Very cool. It obviously carries considerable fuel to have a 1,000 range.
I'm sure Bill D would have loved something like this for his surf fishing bait dropping.

 

[Phillbo]

Taking the human aspect out of war is a double edged sword in my opinion. Saves troops lives but also we will some day get to the point where there is no hesitation to push an Enter key from a building in Sothern Arizona that can wipe out a entire town in another part of the world. Or the other way around.

 

[boatbum]

Taking the human aspect out of war is a double edged sword in my opinion. Saves troops lives but also we will some day get to the point where there is no hesitation to push an Enter key from a building in Sothern Arizona that can wipe out a entire town in another part of the world. Or the other way around.

What makes you think we are not already there?

 

[November Charlie]

Not sure how I feel about this! At least I retired before the robots came for my job, too.

 

[GeeBee]

I will say one thing, I"ll bet that thing can get there in hurry taking a beating no human could take. Put the survivor in a Stidd seat with a 5 point and I'll bet it leaves in a hurry too.

 

[Phillbo]

What makes you think we are not already there?

I dont.

 

[November Charlie]

I will say one thing, I"ll bet that thing can get there in hurry taking a beating no human could take. Put the survivor in a Stidd seat with a 5 point and I'll bet it leaves in a hurry too.

No doubt. That’s the limiting factor for Motor Lifeboats - the hull and equipment can take a hell of a lot more than the crew. And even Stidd chairs only mitigate so much.