Facing a seabed littered with thousands of sophisticated Iranian mines, the U.S. Navy is turning to its most advanced robotic asset: the REMUS six-hundred. These ‘Unmanned Underwater Vehicles’ or U-U-Vs, are the front line of the clearing operation. Looking more like small yellow torpedoes than traditional drones, the REMUS six-hundred is equipped with dual-frequency side-scan sonar that can produce high-resolution imagery of the seafloor in total darkness. Operating autonomously for up to twenty-four hours at a time, these robots can map a square mile of the Strait with surgical precision, identifying everything from ancient shipwrecks to the latest Iranian ‘Ghost Mines.’ Because they are unmanned, they can operate deep within the IRGC’s coastal missile range without risking a single American life.
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