11/23/2023 0 Comments Giant oceanic manta ray naval actionThe UK Navy was so impressed with that manta ray drone that it’s reportedly considering use of Animal Dynamic’s cousin craft, the tuna drone. Manta ray drone, make room for the spying tuna clone In deployment, it would presumably scout the remains of warships and relay data indicating illegal activity around them had begun. Developed by Oxford-based Animal Dynamics (which, as its name indicates, specializes in creating drones resembling living creatures), the manta ray craft is described as so silent it’s almost undetectable as a machine. The unit will be used for surveillance and spy missions of warships and submarines. The 1m x 1.25m underwater drone propels itself with wings and 3D-printed fins, and can be modified to carry camera surveillance, weapons, and sensor equipment. “There are no easy answers but my aspiration would be that in the future we’ll be using technology to cover specific war graves and large maritime protected areas.”Ĭhief among those may be the silent marine manta ray drone the UK has developed. “There are thousands of graves at sea and the physical protection is an enormous task,” Radakin said during a visit in Hawai‘i. In linking those “sacrosanct” graves to the ones at Pearl Harbor, Radakin pledged to protect ships serving as the final resting spots of slain soldiers – doing so with the high-tech capabilities of the UK manta ray drone or something much like it. Several warships were reportedly pilfered in 2019 by Chinese salvagers who stripped them down for scrap metal. Though those and other allied craft that were sunk in battle have been declared war graves, looters have repeatedly targeted the vessels. Among those were heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, and destroyers HMS Encounter and HMS Electra, which went down with over 200 sailors in 1942. Manta robot may soon protect sunken warships from grave robbing lootersĭuring a recent visit to the US WWII memorial at Pearl Harbor, UK Royal Navy Chief Admiral Sir Tony Radakin vowed to protect the Pacific Ocean sites where British warships were sunk by Japanese forces.
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