Underwater robotics is a huge industry ready to really move forward, just as unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs have done. Now we may not need as many AUVs or autonomous underwater vehicles as UAVs in the air, but we do need these technologies and there are endless applications for military and civil use.
At the end of last year, I was discussing all of this with a fellow think tank and he read one of my e-books on underwater robotics and shared with me some of his own groundbreaking ideas along this line of thinking. His newest concept surely put to shame what I had considered an original and innovative design.
In fact, as we talked, I noticed that surely he and I were just a few forward thinkers in a sea of design engineers ready to brave the waters and swells. I was happy to hear that you appreciated the AUV concept I had introduced, and coming from such a distinguished engineer with so much experience in oceanographic engineering and procurement, I was proud. Of course, like I said, your work is truly ahead of the curve.
Fortunately, we are certainly not the only ones thinking here, many ideas, concepts and innovations, even future strategies are being considered, and many of the best tech universities are taking science forward, as well as perhaps, the undisclosed black. projects along this line of thinking, I would just assume. We have wise people thinking here.
We also talked about works of fiction like “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and Novels by Clive Cussler. Yes, Clive Cussler will eventually have more unmanned robotic vehicles in his novels, as there have been some uses for ROVs and other robotic craft before. Obviously, military or naval applications are undoubtedly one of the main uses where capital is entering this industry to pay for research.
For example, consider a hangar full of AUVs on a USMC VTOL carrier, take them off the carrier, and then drop them on the other side of Taiwan, Japan, or the Philippines to turn around and follow schools of fish, and offer continuous surveillance to buffer. China’s aggressiveness in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, etc. or at choke points off Singapore and Australia. Yes, there are also uses in the Middle East and Mediterranean or what happens in the Strait of Hormuz, perhaps even infiltrating the Black Sea.
China is a problem, as it places missiles, bases and anti-ship radar systems at these maritime choke points. We must be omnipresent and vigilant. And our nation’s energy security, as well as the balance of power in the Middle East, requires due diligence and perhaps even future action against Iran’s drive to build nuclear weapons and hand them over to its proxy-sponsored terrorist networks. In fact, I hope you consider all of this and think about it.
