thinkabit,
And as China goes down that path, if they are not already well and truly on it, they will make soldiers faster than we ever will; they already do it with humans!!
China has the World’s largest army, 2,185,000.
Australia has 59,000 active and 28,000 reserve.
There are probably more Chinese soldiers having a beer at the moment than we have soldiers in our army.

Is Mise,

The world's most nimble bipedal robots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4DML7FIWk

These are from Boston Dynamics which was originally USA (you probably guessed that from the name) and was then bought by Google and then sold to a Japanese company and is now mainly owned by Korean Hyundai.

It's obvious to anyone who thinks about it that the defence forces of technologically advanced countries in the coming decades are going to be very, very different from what there are today.

ttbn,
Just a reminder that the next time you are buying a new ensemble (Fr.) from St Vinnies, that Australian charity is known as La Societe Saint-Vincent-Paul-par (St.Vincent de Paul Society) in most of the World.
It’s founder was a Frenchman.
They have helped countless Australians over the years since it first started as an Australian institution in 1854.
Current annual assistance in this country is to some 1,900,000 people.

Hope you get something smart.

Hi Issy,

Isn't an ensemble (Fr.) some kind of French cake with cream on top? We Aussies are not so fizz-is-d-cated on those kinds of things. Vinnies great mob do terrific work. Just on the French, I lost my wallet once in Noumea, and it was a Frenchman who returned it, including all the cash and cards. Viva La France! And I think they have a very spoofy national anthem as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIQSEq6tEVs&ab_channel=BlueMarbleNations

BTW, Its been a week and the election winning nuke subs seems to have been forgotten by most, now its cakes, cars and ensembles.

get over it.
Paul1405,
That's rich coming from the git with the biggest of all chips on his shoulders !

Hi thinkabit

[your Wednesday, 22 September 2021 8:45:08 PM post]

The main problems with underwater drones (unlike aerial drones) are they:

- cannot deliver weapons (like torpedoes and missiles) on the remote orders of weapons/sensor analysts back in Australia. This is part because radio waves or satellite downlinks to underwater vehicles often don't work. Also underwater drones can rarely transmit by satellite uplink to base back in Australia.

- would give away thier posiition even if they could transmit back to Australia.

- are prone to being electronically highjacked by high-tech China who could order Aus underwater drones to torpedo passenger ships/ferries.

- cannot operate autonomously in unexpected situations

- cannot move fast enough ie: too slow, don't have the energy to move at a nuclear submarine's 30 knots underwater over the 1,000s of kms required in an unforeseen emergency