Pentagon Plans to Invest Billions in Undersea Drone NetworkBy Nicholas West Their latest brainchild, according to a report in the Washington Post is an undersea network of drones and drone launch pods that will cover the 7 seas with patrol and defense capabilities. Some of this was put on display during the recent military exercise among many of the allied nations known as Unmanned Warrior 2016 that took place off the Scottish coast. A wide range of autonomous systems were tested, as well as a test of an overall web of communication between land, air, and sea vehicles. But apparently there is much more to come. Emphasis added. Despite the immense difficulties, the Navy has been testing and fielding several new systems designed to map the ocean floor, seek out mines, search for submarines and even launch attacks. While the unmanned crafts are now able to stay out for days or weeks, the goal is to create an underwater network of service stations that would allow the vehicles to do their jobs for months and eventually years. . . The Office of Naval Research (ONR), which looks to develop advanced technologies, is seeking to build the Eisenhower highway network on the seabeds in the seven oceans, Rear Adm. Mathias Winter, head of the office, said at a conference hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies this year. The ultimate goal is to have large-scale deployments of UUVs, he said. We want them to go out for decades at a time. As intimated throughout the WaPo article, this is all considered necessary since countries around the world have joined the global drone arms race. In reality, it is a feedback loop that ensures ongoing potential conflict, as well as guaranteed income for the military-industrial complex. Here are just a few of the specific systems that the Washington Post highlights as being in the pipeline: Below are just some of the videos that reveal what is currently available to roam the seas, and what is scheduled for further development. Given the massive investment undertaken on the backs of U.S. citizens, and given the scope of the threat from autonomous systems of war that continues to be warned about, one is left only to wonder which is the better outcome success or failure. It also remains to be seen what other nations will have to say about the U.S. openly stating its plan to dominate all of the oceans on planet Earth. Main article source: Washington Post, Drone warfare heads under the seas as U.S. seeks advantage over rivals Nicholas West writes for selfnewsPost.com. You may freely share this article in part or in full with author attribution and source link. Image Credit: Anthony Freda Art The Pentagon is such a monstrous death cult funded by trillions in extorted tax dollars it has to find a way to justify its own existence by bombing killing maiming everything on the planet. And how many homeless are there in America? Perhaps if a small portion of the Pentagrams budget could be spent on creating jobs, treating the mentally ill and addicted as well as providing affordable Public Housing then the United States might again achieve a measure of respect among the Global community. An end to their invasions of countries that are no threat to them (a subject I could easily write 8 pages on) in order to steal their resources whilst establishing Israels hegemony is another sore-point among those of us who werent so blessed to be born in the Land of the Free. May I suggest to Mr Trump: A War on global poverty in place of the War on Terror. The rich may not continue to get richer off it but is that really what life is all about? The US realizes it is far behind its chosen enemies in this technology and wants to spend billions to stay close behind. Im sure they will develop the air drones, next, to the extant that they will just pull a trigger and its lights out. A bottomless pit. Get rid of them. 