Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing
by mikeash on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:07PM
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Definitely. Here’s a case where a far larger submarine got caught in a net: https://outdoors360.com/fishing-boat-snags-220-foot-submarin...
Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing
by pmorici on Saturday February 16, 2019 @10:07AM
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This article talks about how the submarine usually ends up severely damaging any fishing boat unlucky enough to get tangled.
Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing
by shkkmo on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:26PM
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That article is about an incident involving aircraft, I don't think that is what you meant to link.
Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing
by ceejayoz on Saturday February 16, 2019 @08:49AM
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It's a large, heavy object being easily interfered with.
(The parent comment said "It weighs 50 tons and is 51 feet could anything really mess with that?" An EP-3 weighs 67.5 tons and is 105 feet long.)
The same applies to submarines and a net around the propeller.
(It's also a good example of the sort of diplomatic fuss that ensues after this sort of incident, too.)
Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing
by shkkmo on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:47PM
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Ok, so all you have to do to interfere with the robotic sub is crash a jet into it?
Posting a link to a completely unrelated article with 0 explanation is idiotic, especially when there are plenty of examples of incidents that actually involve submarines.
Re:The U.S. Navy has bought four robot submarines from Boeing
by ceejayoz on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:05PM
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The point: "It's long and heavy" isn't any sort of good reason to believe it can't be messed with. That incident also demonstrates China's willingness to play chicken with US assets.
Throw a steel cable into its prop, get too close using another sub or two, etc.
[0] https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a263440...