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USS UTAH (AG-16) being used as a radio control ship for target practice during bombing by US Navy aircraft carrier squadron.

Filmed in May 1934 during Fleet Problem XV.

China working to develop ‘killer robot’ ships to hunt American destroyers, subs, aircraft

Chinese naval developers are working on a “robot” design they claim will be used to hunt American destroyers and submarines in the South China Sea and beyond.

The China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company’s small unmanned JARI USV is a 20-ton, 15-meter surface vessel the company hopes will function like a smaller version of the U.S. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

And while the…

New Innovation DARPA’s Robot Ship

Gamechanger Robot Ship by Maryanne Kane

The US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, has developed significant new innovation.  It has innovated the first prototype of an autonomous sub-hunting surface ship.  DARPA’s robot ship, christened SEA Hunter, has been provided to the Office of Naval Research for further testing, development and utilization.  It’s new innovation…

Darzun Robot Ship

Profile: Warship from an ancient spacefaring species. Not much is known about the species except that they inhabited the sector that included the Beta Marada system. Their ships remain in that sector. Powerful - each comparable to a Galaxy-class starship - they defended borders long since abandoned and attack any trespassers on sight. Unless a threat is detected sensors will remain on passive mode and their response time has a slight lag to it.

Pictured:  A Darzun Robot Ship keeps an eye on the damaged Marco Polo.