The Voyager platforms demonstrated their capability to operate in severe weather conditions, remaining on station through gale-force winds and waves exceeding 2 metres. During the exercise, they tracked hundreds of vessels daily and successfully identified the event’s simulated “red forces”.

In addition to exercise targets, the USVs also detected real-world dark vessels, including Russian “shadow fleet” ships and military assets. These findings underscore the platform’s capacity for real-time identification and intelligence gathering in complex maritime zones.

reinstate the sound toll

>>63978634 (OP)
>combat sail boards
What a time to be alive!

>>63978634 (OP)
>the USVs also detected real-world dark vessels, including Russian “shadow fleet” ships and military assets
Why weren't said vessels greeted with a cheeky torpedo, "launched by an unidentified craft"?

>>63978676
because the USN already knew they were there. no need to bomb/torpedo something that isn't going anywhere it can be useful.
>>63978634 (OP)
can these handle hurricanes? something actually useful in hurricane alley would be appreciated.

>>63978804
>hurricane alley
Is an operational denial zone to al blue and red surface vessels. Subs rule the waves.

>>63978804
Right now they have been tested in the Baltic sea therefore there aren’t many extreme weather events but i ammsurr the MIC will buid a version of them for the Taiwan strait

>>63978634 (OP)
based
pools closed

>>63978634 (OP)

>>63978634 (OP)
>NATOJFCBS
>NATO Jesus Fucking Christ Bull Shit

>>63978676
because russia will shoot back at nato-aligned tankers by "unidentified" submersibles. tanker wars don't benefit anyone, and war should be symmetrical between major powers.

>>63978634 (OP)
Just hook it with grappling hook and bring it on the deck by crane.
There is law against contamination of ocean with abandoned trash.

>>63981697
Wouldn't it? Russia would run out of unidentified submersibles before NATO runs out of tankers.

>>63978634 (OP)
>>63978868
>Missing the opportunity to put a missile launcher on it
One fucking job

>>63981733
>There is law against contamination of ocean with abandoned trash.
Which is why any and all vessels sailling into or out of Russian poorts in the Baltic should be stopped and seized or sunk.
Thee same is true for the unsafe Russian air traffic over the Baltic.

>>63978634 (OP)
How is this thing supposed to better than a buoy, precisely?

>>63981964
Or more durable, I can't see it surviving a decent storm at sea.

>>63981964
it can move

>>63978868
Seems like the major engineering issue ledt is how to stop seagulls from shitting all over solar panels...

>>63981697
Fucking oil tanker MAD, now Ive heard it all from russiaboos. lol.

>>63978676
I'd imagine its better to stop specific vessels in a more subtle way to not rattle international commodities markets, especially oil. Yemen's chimpout spiked the cost of oil which benefited Russia's wartime economy asymmetrically.

>>63978868
>bird carrier

>>63978634 (OP)
I feel like there could be applications here for conservation and ocean science as well

>>63982218
this is what happens, though. if group 1 attacks the tankers of group 2, group 2 will then attack those of group 1. which leads to civilian deaths and no one winning.

it's something both sides don't want. kiddies on the internet might think it's a good idea, but they thankfully don't make policy.

israel and iran were doing it about a decade ago and they both stopped because they saw what would happen. have a look at what some rebels with donated weapons can do to trade in one single area, let alone two groups that can strike anywhere in the world.

>>63982596
They are in fact used for that
>In partnership with NOAA, Saildrone deployed five vehicles equipped with "hurricane" wings to the tropical Atlantic Ocean to study air-sea heat exchange to better understand hurricane rapid intensification during the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. On September 30, 2021, SD 1045 became the first Saildrone Explorer to sail into a category 4 hurricane. It collected ocean data and video from inside Hurricane Sam where the sea state included 50-foot (15 m) waves and wind speeds reached over 120 mph (190 km/h).[41][42]

>The mission was continued in 2022-2024. During the 2024 hurricane season, the Saildrone fleet sailed 42,000 miles and spent 100 hours in sustained tropical storm winds, intercepting seven different tropical storms 16 times.[43]

They've also had them sail around the arctic and generally done a bunch of measuring.
I think they're really cool, love sailboats and this kind of thing makes a lot of sense to me if you want to have something that can exist and move around in the ocean for a long period of time.

>>63982616
its just university busywork so some guys can have their phds and the professors their grant bux.

>>63982607
yeah because negotiating works so well, right? we just need more diplomats and suddenly putin will say "oh boy they sent so many diplomats, i think i have to retreat from ukraine now". at least a kiddy on the internet knows that this is bullshit.

100% Russian subhumans are going to fuck with these things

>>63982691
>understanding how hurricanes work better is busy work for a country that is hit by hurricanes every year
Sure thing buddy.

>>63978634 (OP)
>the USVs also detected real-world dark vessels, including Russian “shadow fleet”
I don't understand why these don't get covertly or clandestinely sunk. I can't see any reasons against it and I can see lots of benefits of it. Is it that hard to do?

>>63982717
Because the people that can detect them aren't at war with russia, no matter what russia claims. Sinking civilian shipping of a country you're not at war with is against the rules said countries hold themselves to. Forbidding docking, navigation, and pilotage is allowed under those rules, as is seizing any vessel that is caught violating those provisions.
>so why hasn't Ukraine sunk them
Two reasons. First, the majority don't operate in the Black Sea. Second, despite russian chest thumping otherwise there is a tacit understanding (at least there has been for a couple years, we'll see if there continues to be) that russia doesn't blow up ships carrying Ukrainian grain, Ukraine doesn't blow up ships carrying russian oil. When russia threatened to break this agreement last Ukraine shrugged, said "Okay, anything bound for russian ports in the Black Sea is a legitimate target in a war zone", civilian shipping insurers for those ships shit themselves, and russia backed down.

>>63982616
really interesting platform

>>63982899
>actuarial tables are the greatest force for peace on Earth
I'm sorry, that's too expensive. We'll pull your insurance policy if you do that.

>>63978634 (OP)
>Sail-powered
>100 days without refueling
Surely if it was fully sail powered it should be able to stay forever without refueling. What is it even running out of? Lubrication? It's even got solar panels on it.

>>63982899
>tl/dr: we are pussies
no need to cope about it, admitting it is the first step in overcoming your fear

>>63982691
Bet you felt the same way about storm monitoring and flood detection in Texas Hill Country, and were happy DOGE managed to cut all those NOAA and NWS jobs too you dumb bitch.

>>63981697
>war should be symmetrical between major powers
Russia is barely a regional power.
>>63982001
.22 anti-seagull CIWS

>>63983605
probably to wash down the dried bird shit.

>>63983605
Power draw to actuate the sail/rudder and run the sensors and communications is greater than the solar panels can provide. Little onboard generator charges the batteries as needed.

>>63982001
these are cormorants and I am perfectly happy to see them destroyed with prejudice

>>63983605
>>63983810
Seems like it would benefit from a small wind or underwater turbine to complement the solar panels.

>>63983941
Aw, c'mon, cormorants are cool. Unlike those turd bombing seagulls.

>>63984406
they're basically an invasive species in the baltic and kill islands
and the fuckers in brussels don't let us kill them
plus they eat all the fish