Monday, October 29, 2012

Here Comes The U.S. Navy's Drones

 

Watch A Robotic Navy Boat Shoot Missiles For The First Time Ever -- Danger Room 

Killer robots have officially gone out to sea. For the first time, the Navy has fired missiles from a remote-controlled boat, as shown in the video above. The firing came as part of a test off the Maryland coast on Wednesday. Six of Rafael’s anti-armor Spike missiles got fired off a moving inflatable hulled watercraft, aiming for a floating target about two miles away. The missile firings and the boat’s controls were all handled remotely by Navy personnel on shore at the Navy’s Patuxent River base.

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 More News On The U.S. Navy's Drone Fleet 

 US tests Israeli-made weapons on pioneering drone ship -- Times of Israel
Now drones take to the seas as U.S. Navy launches unmanned combat boats firing missiles for first time -- Daily Mail
US Navy tests first 11-meter missile-firing sea drone -- Endgadget
US Navy Unveils Missile-Equipped Unmanned Sea Drone (VIDEO) -- Huffington Post
Navy fires test missiles from RC boats; pirates put on notice -- Dvice

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