Past and future collided when a drone resupplied one of the Navy’s oldest ballistic missile submarines on Monday.
The sea service released video showing electronics technicians piloting a quadcopter-style drone to deliver a small payload to the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine Henry M. Jackson, which has been in service since 1981. The test was successful, with the drone dropping its package on the submarine’s hull and returning to operators aboard a nearby surface ship.
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Update: Watch: US Navy Demonstrates Path-Breaking Idea As Cargo-Drone Delivers ‘Critical Supplies’ To A Submarine (EurAsian Times)
WNU Editor: A small glimpse into the future.
1 comment:
Not impressed
If that thing would have flown more stable in the wind AND would have gracefully docked, I would be "ok cool"... but this... it's 2021 almost and the Chinese must be yawning at this. I know I did.
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