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Originally Posted by B.Smitty
How well does USV technology scale? Can a practical, sustainable 100 ton USV be developed? 200 ton? 600 ton?
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100-ton USVs have been in service for decades. The German
Seehund class (and the prototype
Seepferd for the MJ2000 MCM concept), and the Danish
SF-100 class.
These are minesweeping drones usually controlled two to four at a time from a controller ship;
Seepferd was supposed to be a full unmanned minehunter, project cancelled due to budget cuts.