According to the South China Morning Post, in one test, an unmanned submarine patrolled at a depth of about 30 feet along a predetermined route, and then detected a target plane imitating the noise characteristics of the submarine by using the sonar on board, "hovering in hexagonal mode and pointing the sonar array at various sound sources, while artificial intelligence tried to filter out environmental noise and determine the nature of the target." The unmanned submarine then fired a torpedo without a warhead at the simulated target.
If this is true, it will undoubtedly be a "bright sword" for the United States. The United States has always led the trend of global military technology and boasted that it is the number one in the world. From 2065438 to May 2009, the U.S. Navy announced the development roadmap of future unmanned submarines, and planned four development paths: super-large unmanned submarines, large unmanned submarines, medium-sized unmanned submarines and small unmanned submarines. Small and medium-sized torpedo-shaped underwater vehicles have been put into use, and we are no strangers. Fishermen in the coastal areas of China often catch this underwater vehicle. These two kinds of unmanned submarines mainly undertake the tasks of marine environment measurement and submarine topography measurement, preparing for submarine action, and may also undertake the task of mine warfare in the future, and become intelligent mines together with the warhead.
The large unmanned submarine mainly undertakes the intelligence preparation of the combat environment, performs intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tasks, and will also undertake tasks such as electronic warfare, anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface ships in the later period. In addition to these tasks, super-large unmanned submarines also have mine warfare missions.
The bigger the unmanned submarine, the more difficult the technology is. The US Navy's large and super-large unmanned submarines are still under development and may not be in service until around 2030. The project disclosed by the South China Morning Post this time is just like the equipment of the U.S. Navy's super-large unmanned submarine, or it was tested by China 10 years ago. So what level will it be now? The large unmanned submarine HSU00 1 was displayed in the National Day military parade in 20 19, and has been in service. In recent years, China's torpedo-shaped small unmanned submersible has also been put into use in China and the waters around the Indian Ocean, mainly for hydrological investigation, and of course, it can also be said to collect information for submarine operations. From various indications, China's research in the field of unmanned submarines may be ahead of the US Navy. 20 19 national day military parade is the first time to show the sword, and the recently published paper is the second time to show the sword. The American military media have understood this. I wonder if the U.S. Navy understands it? '