{"id":129937,"date":"2022-08-30T16:59:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=129937"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:59:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:59:31","slug":"iranians-try-feeling-up-navy-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=129937","title":{"rendered":"Iranians try feeling up Navy drone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Interesting situation: The Iranians were spotted taking a Navy drone (floating, not flying) under tow.<\/p>\n

U.S. Navy patrol coastal ship Thunderbolt, along with MH-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, responded to the incident and the Iranian vessel released the unmanned vessel and vacated the premises roughly four hours later, on Aug. 30.<\/p>\n

The 5th Fleet, which is fielding several unmanned systems with artificial intelligence as part of Task Force 59, started testing the Saildrone Explorer USV in December<\/a>. The drone relies on sunlight for power and uses its sensors and cameras for navigation and data collection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, I won’t dwell on what kind of murderous thieving degenerates the Iranian government may consist of.\u00a0 I can see why they would be really interested in what our capabilities are, and a little midnight requisition is a hallowed military tradition in ANY service (as long as you don’t get caught, of course.) And I can see how the Navy might be a tad torqued about someone making off with one of their new toys, too. I am happy that they manage to settle it like grown-ups and avoided starting anything silly, too.<\/p>\n

I also remember that the definition of an abandoned vessel is “one with no crew board”. Intellectually, if it’s under our active control, it’s obviously not totally abandoned. But, being unmanned, doesn’t it also meet the classic international definition of available salvage?\u00a0 Seems like maritime law may need a little amendment in that regard.<\/p>\n

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