Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

AI, drone ships and new sensors could leave submarines with few places to hide in the ocean

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par David Stupples, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Director of Electronic Warfare Research, City St George's, University of London

For over a century, the ocean has been the ultimate refuge for those who wished to disappear. From the U-boats of the first world war to the nuclear-powered leviathans that glide through today’s deep waters, the submarine has thrived on one simple principle: stealth.

Sound waves travel further and faster in water than light or radar waves. This means sound is the most effective way to detect underwater objects. Modern anti-submarine warfare (ASW) is an ongoing cat-and-and-mouse game of detecting, tracking and deterring enemy submarines.…

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