Britain’s ‘Q’ Boffins Unveil Underwater Drone to Take on Putin’s Cable-Cutters

Britain’s ‘Q’ boffins unveil underwater drone to take on Putin’s cable-cutters

BRITAIN’S top defence brainboxes have unveiled a Bond-style underwater drone designed to stop Putin’s cable-cutting saboteurs in their tracks. The super sub can hunt out and destroy sabotage threats lurking on the seabed – by blowing them to smithereens. UK GovThe underwater drone can prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines by disarming or removing threats[/caption] UK GovThe high-tech robot has already been trialled Po…

UK Government trials ROV for subsea pipeline security

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has trialled an underwater robot which can prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines by disarming or removing threats.

Royal Navy trials robot to counter undersea threats

The Royal Navy could soon deploy a new underwater robot designed to tackle sabotage attempts and legacy ordnance around pipelines and seabed cables, following successful trials led by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in partnership with UK industry. In a statement issued on 9 June, the Ministry of Defence announced that a commercially available remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has been enhanced with new sensors, tools, and rem…

Underwater robot could improve pipeline and cable security

Dstl has trialled an underwater robot which can prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines by disarming or removing threats.