Human Folly about “underwater”

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• Navy underwater drone (swampland.time.com):

  #news from 02013: “long endurance, transoceanic gliders harvesting all energy from the ocean thermocline,” the so-called #Slocum-Gliders, contracted by the Navy of the #USA to Teledyne Benthos. #underwater #drones #energy-harvesting

  on 02026-04-22
• Mk60 (web.archive.org):

  #MK-60 "CAPTOR" deep-water naval mine that launches a torpedo against a submarine with a range of about 7km, deployed since 01979. #underwater #weaponry

  on 02026-04-22
• Remotely piloted underwater glider crosses the Atlantic (spectrum.ieee.org):

  Rutgers’s “remotely piloted” submarine RU27, made by Teledyne Webb Research, crossed the Atlantic #underwater in 221 days in 02009 under battery power by adjusting its buoyancy by adjusting an electrically operated piston, surfacing every 8 hours to check in with Iridium and GPS, despite hundreds of gooseneck barnacles attaching to it on the way. #narcosubs #drones

  on 02026-04-22