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Denmark tests unmanned robotic sailboat fleet

30 pointsby domofutu06/16/20255 commentsview on HN

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pugworthy06/16/2025

I've often eyed the Saildrone craft (which they are using) when heading out to the Alameda ferry dock area. Pretty cool looking devices.

https://www.saildrone.com/

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terravion06/16/2025

Congrats to Saildrone! I am surprised that the article did not discuss the dramatic force structure re-evaluation that needs to be going in light of the Ukrainian non-navy dominating the Black Sea, instead of the framing of Russian incursions in the Baltic Saildrone type assets seem well poised to be a part of that small, distributed, networked type of sea control.

ahazred8ta06/16/2025

In 2016 the autonomous Solar Voyager tried to cross the Atlantic. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/solar-voyager-hmc...

schultzer06/16/2025

Great to see this, Denmark would do well having an autonomous regiment in the Navy, Airforce and Army.

ivape06/16/2025

There might be a space for remote boating with very small toy boats that are incredibly durable.

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