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Jan 28, 2021

The Marines Are Loading This Mean-Looking Boat With Kamikaze Drones

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If the U.S. and China ever come to blows, this vessel will play a big part in the battle.


The U.S. Marine Corps is taking a completely new tack to providing fire support during amphibious landings: unmanned boats stocked full of suicide drones.

The shipbuilder Metal Shark has announced it’s building a new type of unmanned surface vessel, which the Marines plan to equip with loitering munitions. Such a boat would act as a mobile fire support platform, servicing calls for fire with salvos of drones equipped with explosive charges.

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