Too Long; Didn't Read
My twitter feed was abuzz this week with news of a Russian spy boat miles off the coast of Connecticut’s US Naval Submarine Base in Groton. This would’ve been a good time to test the Navy’s newest weapon — the <a href="https://robotrabbi.com/2016/06/09/armsrace/" target="_blank">Sea Hunter</a> — an autonomous marine defense system (shown below). The concept of an encounter between autonomous and manual vessels waging battle is a good metaphor for future conflicts across industries from defense to energy to shipping.