Boeing Tests Submarine Drone Off Santa Catalina Island -- L.A. Times
The 18-foot mini-sub made at the company's defense systems facility in Anaheim could be used for national defense and environmental protection.
An 18-foot, bright-yellow submarine drone is being tested off the coast of Santa Catalina Island for possible use by the U.S. military to stalk enemy waters, patrol local harbors for national security threats and scour ocean floors to detect environmental hazards.
Although robotic aircraft already play a critical role in modern warfare, taking out insurgents with missile strikes in the skies above Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, the same robotic revolution hasn't taken place in the world's oceans.
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My Comment: The color of the sub is yellow .... hmmm .... I smell a Beatle's fan.
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