BASIC - Unmanned ASW may give Trident Boomers no place to hide

BASIC_ASW_briefing1_Feb2016_final_0.pdf

The Inescapable Net: Unmanned Systems in Anti-Submarine Warfare | British American Security Information Council

Drone technology a threat to Trident submarines, MPs to be told - YouTube

Published on Feb 28, 2016

The controversial idea that Britain's nuclear submarines could be rendered irrelevant before the new fleet is even launched, will be bolstered this week by a report to be presented to MPs examining the Trident programme. Emerging drone technology, which could make the oceans effectively transparent, will make the submarines that carry the UKs nuclear deterrent vulnerable to attack, warns the report which was commissioned by the British American Security Information Council (Basic), a nuclear disarmament think-tank.

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