USA vs. Iran

[Schneemann]

Einerseits verständlich, da man so eigene Kräfte frei machen kann, wenn man statt mit bemannten Einheiten nun Roboter die Gewässer überwachen lässt. Andererseits wird man diese Drohnen aber entsprechend schützen müssen, weil ansonsten kann man sie den Iranern gleich direkt verkaufen (und es wäre nicht das erste Mal, dass die Iraner versuchen, eine US-Drohne in die Hände zu bekommen).

Navy Wants 100 Unmanned Ships Monitoring Middle East Waters by Next Year

The United States and its allies want a force of 100 unmanned surface vessels patrolling waters from the Red Sea into the Persian Gulf by next summer, the commander of U.S. 5th Fleet said on Tuesday.

“We’ve established a goal to have 100 unmanned surface vessels available for patrol in waters around the Arabian Peninsula by the end of the summer of 2023… with a majority of the systems coming from our international and regional partners,” U.S. 5th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Brad Cooper said during an address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. [...] The effort is known as Task Force 59. [...]

The largest test of the underlying Task Force 59 concept was earlier this year as part of the International Maritime Exercise 22. Fifty USVs were part of the 60-nation exercise that worked to create a unified picture of 5th Fleet. “They’re interconnected. They’re controlled by satellite,” he said. “They have 360-degree high-fidelity cameras. They’ve got radar. They have [automatic identification systems] and they’re just sitting there all day, every day, looking,” Cooper said.

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/11/navy-wa...-next-year

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