The meeting heard from two speakers about how the emergence of new drone technologies were changing the dynamics of war.
Drones
China’s UUV seizure was about undersea dominance
As the USNS Bowditch was recovering a UUV (unmanned underwater vehicle, or underwater drone) in the South China Sea on 15th December, a light-fingered Chinese Navy salvage ship reportedly called Naniju swooped in and took it in spite of repeated bridge-to-bridge demands to return the craft.
New Trident submarines doomed by drones of the future, says new report
The Guardian’s Julian Borger wrote an article based on BASIC’s recently published report on underwater drone technology. He explains that because of the new technologies, it will become impossible for submarines to hide in the oceans.