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Military equipment is very expensive and the most valuable technical currently considered submarines as means in the navy of many countries. Their high cost due to the fact that the complex design allows them to covertly move to almost anywhere on our planet. Moreover, they can stay under water for months and always be ready for the battle. Building one submarine could cost billions dollars, but this is far from all the costs. The fact is that still several billion dollars needed for technical support and training of officers and sailors who will stay inside submarine during military missions.
To lower the cost of naval technology, recently the UK government has allocated $ 3.2 million for development of a new type of submarine. According to technical New Atlas edition, it should be as roomy and most importantly, work autonomously. It is believed that thanks automation, the need for training officers and sailors completely disappear, because inside the submarines they simply do not will be. This is good news because their lives will be in security, and the government can save on marine training the military.
The largest underwater drone
The creation of an extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle, also known as XLUUV, MSubs Ltd. She has been developing submarines for the military and scientific for many years goals, so with a new task she is unlikely to have problems. The name of the future submarine is still unknown, but data on it approximate technical specifications and purpose already there is.
The length of the underwater vehicle will be about 30 meters. Compared with Astute class nuclear submarines reaches 97 meters, the novelty will seem negligible. By however, due to the lack of crew, there is a lot of space in it for transportation of large loads. For example, inside an inconspicuous underwater boats can be transported torpedoes, mines and even small apparatus for studying the deep sea and exploration of territories.
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Where will the energy come from to power the submarine and the computer that will manage it is not yet clear. Expected, that the range of the new items will be about 5600 kilometers, for which battery power is clearly not enough. So maybe the boat will be equipped with an additional power source. But range certainly impressive and the boat is perfect for a secret intelligence of far-off territories. It is reported that she will be able to independently swim out of a special base and return back.
The appearance of a submarine with unmanned control can be similar to the design of another MSubs submersible, which already used by British troops. She is known as Mobile Under Sea Test Laboratory and, as the name implies, used as an underwater laboratory.
It is worth noting that the submarine under development is not one of a kind. In 2017, we already talked about Israeli HydroCamel II apparatus, which is equipped with a robotic system based on a neural network. Overall she intended for security and reconnaissance, but can also be used to search for mineral accumulation sites.
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