美國海軍開始找針對無人機武器研發的攜帶雷射武器,雷射槍這種科幻設定可能很快就會問世了⋯⋯
“A focused beam of light can quickly heat up a drone's exterior, inducing structural failure and causing it to crash into the ground. For a fixed-wing drone, that might mean burning one of the wings off. A laser could down a quadcopter-style drone by melting a plastic or metal arm supporting one of its propellers. A laser could also ignite a drone's liquid fuel supply or blind its optical sensors—especially those used by a human controller to guide it to a target.”
看到圖表裡各種大小用途不一的無人潛具, 越來越有科幻小說現實化的感覺...
[ Just this week, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said that the service could begin incorporating large unmanned platforms into the fleet within the next five years. "In the long run, the goal is … to put ourselves in a position where we can scale those platforms and into the 2030s have unmanned in larger numbers available to the commanders," Gilday said, according to Breaking Defense. ]
米軍大型無人艦艇通過卅日無人維修巡航測試:
“The generator test was mandated by a congressional requirement inserted in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, directing the Navy to achieve the 720-hour test milestone before the Large USV could proceed into formal development. The congressionally directed testing included 100 hours of pre-testing before the 720-hour demonstration phase commenced. During the demonstration phase, no human intervention and no preventative or corrective maintenance on the equipment was allowed.”
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/12/u-s-navy-completes-large-usv-testing-milestone/
有種<霍爾的移動城堡>現實化的恐怖感...
"隨著人工智慧的快速發展,採用具備人工智慧的「無人載具母艦」,發射以人工智慧操控的無人載具,勢必成為下階段的關鍵方向。甚至隨著軍用無人地面載具的進步,接下來出現能自行接戰的機器人,這些都應只是時間早晚的問題。美國空軍日前才剛剛測試機械狗,而該公司還發展出配備自動機槍的機械狗。未來無人裝甲車搭載大批機械狗,自行駛入戰區,放出機械狗進行偵察或作戰,將不再只是電影情節,而是這種「無人載具母艦」概念的真實應用。
「以機械取代人力」這句話,即將逐漸成真。人類會在戰場上退居第二線,而將最危險的工作,交給無人機、無人船艦、戰鬥機器人,與搭載這些軍用戰鬥載具的智慧化母艦。這代表工業實力,將徹底決定戰場上的勝負,部隊規模的大小已不再重要。"
https://opinion.udn.com/opinion/story/120873/5916683