A New ‘Area 52’ In Lake Michigan Could
Help the Navy Up its Autonomous Systems Game
Posted By: AltaD, 6/16/2023 11:37:35 AM
The secretive “Area 51” Air Force test range in southern Nevada established in the 1950s helped the U.S. and USAF prevail in the Cold War. Former Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix argues establishing a similar “Area 52” within Lake Michigan for the U.S. Navy could help us prevail in years to come. (Snip) “Foreign adversaries showed up not only to observe the operations and learn what they could about the United States’ most cutting-edge naval capabilities,” Hendrix wrote in Proceedings, “but also seized one of those assets,” a reference to the Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel seized by Iran in August, 2022.
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Biden says the US and its allies had nothing
to do with Wagner Group’s rebellion
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to do with Wagner Group’s rebellion
against Russia 19 replies
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President Joe Biden on Monday sought to distance the United States from the weekend rebellion in Russia, insisting in his first public remarks since the episode that the West had nothing to do with the mutiny.
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Sound idea, testing autonomous vessels out of reach of our enemies.