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ONR developing offensive autonomous swarming capability for unmanned surface vehicles; adapting JPL’s CARACaS

Green Car Congress

The swarm demo announcement comes near the anniversary of the terrorist attack on USS Cole (DDG-67) off the coast of Yemen. In that October 2000 attack, a small boat laden with explosives was able to get near a guided-missile destroyer and detonate, killing 17 Sailors and injuring 39 others.

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