The new Rotary-wing drones is soon to be operational in the Royal Navy, rotary wing drones for anti-submarine warfare is an obvious path for navies, given their low cost compared to conventional means and their rapidly advancing capabilities mirror the growing underwater threat.they can play an important role in extending coverage in vast operational theatres or in smaller areas inaccessible to crewed assets.
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The Americans were operating anti submaine rotary wing drones in the 1960s.
Eh genius idea? Looks to me like a no-brainer.
A range of 180 km 97 nanometres? That's a very specific range 😁