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  • Re: Danish military using robotic sailboats for surveillance in Baltic and North seas

    From Jim Wilkins@muratlanne@gmail.com to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,soc.history.war.misc,alt.war.world-war-three,alt.law-enforcement on Tue Jun 17 11:56:31 2025
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    "a425couple" wrote in message news:AKe4Q.107403$Yx54.21067@fx40.iad...

    from https://apnews.com/article/denmark-robot-sailboats-baltic-sea-bfa31c98cf7c93320115c0ad0e6908c5

    Danish military using robotic sailboats for surveillance in Baltic and
    North seas

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    https://www.oceanaero.com/the-triton

    "Autonomous deep dive submergence allows the TRITON to avoid detection and evade threats."

    I built self-guiding toy sailboats as a kid, it isn't difficult. That one looks like it could sail close into the wind because the rounded hull has little air resistance, and use the thrusters only when necessary.

    Iridium is a global satellite phone system from the 1990's, similar to but less capable than Starlink. https://chrisjhorn.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/iridium-starlink-and-kuiper/

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