The Pentagon has unveiled its newest ship... and it has no crew. It doesn't need one. The USX-1 Defiant is “a first-of-its-kind autonomous, unmanned surface vessel designed from the ground up to never accommodate a human aboard.” Take a look:
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Newest ship? This was around years ago. I see more of this stuff than most do. We can do better. Drug smugglers have been doing stealth for years. Russia had AI driven mini subs decades ago. Man are we falling behind. Seriously disappointed. Ukraine could do better if they had the resources.
aug 20, 2025, 7:06 pm • 0 0 • view
What does the navy need more warships for, if trump is gonna give the western world up to putin without a fight?
aug 20, 2025, 5:13 pm • 0 0 • view
Why would any nation not immediately sink this? 0 human casualties 0 civilian damage Just need to say it was a spy weather balloon.
aug 20, 2025, 3:31 pm • 3 0 • view
@nevada-stray-cat.bsky.social ok this is blowing my 70s Navy Brat mind
aug 19, 2025, 11:22 pm • 4 0 • view
For all that it is a logical development, it bothers me deeply. As someone says in Horizon: Zero Dawn, "you'd think we'd've learned /something/ from a century and a half of Science Fiction!"
aug 20, 2025, 2:16 am • 5 0 • view
Drones are frightening. What scares me more than this ship are the weapons platforms you cannot see. BTW, autonomous does not mean unsupervised.
aug 20, 2025, 3:55 am • 1 0 • view
It's basically a big floating drone... And a darn expensive one. It's also a slow moving target for when we stick our nose in other country's business. And a darn expensive one...
aug 20, 2025, 12:36 am • 8 0 • view
My kind of ship.
aug 19, 2025, 10:55 pm • 1 0 • view
What could go wrong if hacked?
aug 19, 2025, 10:00 pm • 20 0 • view
Gee, Ukraine developing unmanned naval drones shows the usefulness in a real wartime setting.
aug 20, 2025, 3:12 pm • 0 0 • view
aug 20, 2025, 12:16 am • 5 0 • view
Sailing up the Potomac as we speak, the battle for DC is epic stuggle of our time.
aug 20, 2025, 9:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Did they not see the last two MI movies LOL
aug 20, 2025, 6:30 am • 0 0 • view
Winged, Rotored, Tracked, Wheeled, Legged, Floating or Submersible All the ways the battlefield is Traversable All the ways the ordinance is Dispersible With enough bang you're entirely Eversible And there's no way the progress is Reversible. ( In deference to The Wipers Times )
aug 19, 2025, 11:18 pm • 0 0 • view
Why a drone could take it out. Where do I file a fraud, waste and abuse complaint?
aug 20, 2025, 1:38 am • 4 0 • view
I can think of someone who could be on it to make sure all goes well!!!!💣💣💣
aug 19, 2025, 10:54 pm • 3 0 • view
They've done it. People said it couldn't be done. But they did it. A dumber idea than the littorals.
aug 20, 2025, 2:04 am • 3 0 • view
How soulless can you get,,another way to murder children in another country
aug 20, 2025, 3:36 pm • 0 0 • view
Looking forward to it either just going around in circles or running aground.
aug 19, 2025, 11:29 pm • 2 0 • view
How does it protect itself from pirates?
aug 19, 2025, 9:55 pm • 10 0 • view
Those Boston robotics dogs with lasers? It's robots and drones all the way down.
aug 20, 2025, 1:37 am • 3 0 • view
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aug 20, 2025, 9:50 am • 2 0 • view
Does that come standard?
aug 20, 2025, 9:51 am • 2 0 • view
aug 20, 2025, 9:01 am • 1 0 • view
So, emergency maritime rescue is out of the question?
aug 20, 2025, 1:53 pm • 3 0 • view
That sounds like a great idea! I’m sure nothing can go wrong with no human supervision!
aug 20, 2025, 12:22 am • 4 0 • view
so a big ocean drone? okay 🥶
aug 19, 2025, 10:13 pm • 7 0 • view
Because flying, armed robots made life so much better for everyone. Why not try it out on the high seas?
aug 20, 2025, 3:52 am • 0 0 • view
Works great...until AI runs it into the side of a cliff cuz whoever programmed it didn't know how to read a map! Garbage in=garbage out.
aug 20, 2025, 9:54 am • 2 0 • view