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DARPA's Robot Ship Slated For April Unveiling (nationaldefensemagazine.org)

Posted by BeauHD on from the spare-parts dept.

93 Escort Wagon writes: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to launch a 130-foot autonomous ship this year. The Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel will be the largest unmanned surface vehicle ever built at 130-feet long. It will be christened in April in Portland, Oregon, and then begin to demonstrate its long-range capabilities over 18 months in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research and the Space and Naval Systems Warfare Command.

My regards to Captain Dunsel.

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  1. any unarmed ship can be a minesweeper by raymorris · · Score: 4, Funny

    > One of its stated purposes is countering mines, which I'd think would require some sort of weaponry.

    Any ship can be a minesweeper - once.