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Unmanned Systems Could Help NATO Counter Russian Subs, Report Says

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

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Unmanned Systems Could Help NATO Counter Russian Subs, Report Says

Simulation of the Leidos Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) also known as Sea Hunter. Image: Leidos.

Unmanned systems could play a significant role in helping NATO nations counter Russia’s increasingly aggressive submarine operations, according to a new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).The alliance’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities atrophied after the end of the Cold War. But Russia’s provocative undersea activities in the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic have stirred calls for reversing the ASW decline.With their long loiter times and potentially large payloads, unmanned aerial systems could deploy a variety…

Congress

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Space

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