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Old 26th Nov 2016, 07:40
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Flying Binghi
 
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As Murray Cod has pointed out there is still a-ways to go with Drone development. - A new manufacturing sector for Oz perhaps ?

From my reading around the traps it seems to me that Oz should go with the Air-Sea drone defence concept. Developing an Oz Drone manufacturing base would be a far better and more useful use of 50 BILLION dollars then buying some obsolete manned submarines. (Submersible Targets)
Drone manufacturing apart from being an industry supporting defence will be a boom for Oz farming, mining, Police, and many others users.


"...As unmanned aerial drones have become a critical part of modern warfare, the Pentagon is now looking to deploy autonomous robots underwater, patrolling the sea floor on what one top Navy official called an “Eisenhower highway network,” complete with rest stops where the drones could recharge.

Although still in the development stages, the technology has matured in recent years to be able to overcome the vast difficulties of operating underwater, a far more harsh environment than what aerial drones face in the sky..."



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