Posted on 03/02/2014 5:35:11 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Piracy made easy.
Ships once they leave port cruse by computer and digital charts to the next port already.
I would prefer a remote-controlled government, devoid of crooks, Marxists, and lying politicians instead. It would do far less damage to America and be a representation of the people who are supposed to be represented by it.
Is this Rolls-Royce or BMW?
Not necessarily. Doesn't piracy mean that the boarding party is able to assume control of the ship (powerplant, steering, etc)? I suspect the design will make that extremely difficult.
Superyacht Owner Lets College Kids Hack and Hijack $80 Million Ship in Name of Science
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/01/superyacht_owner_lets_college_kids_hack_80_million_ship.html
Prototype Drone Boat Gets Upgraded for an Epic Atlantic Crossing
03.15.13
http://www.wired.com/design/2013/03/fishpi-year-one/
Transatlantic Drone Takes to the Sea
http://makezine.com/magazine/transatlantic-drone-takes-to-the-sea/
BMW purchased the rights for the name for nothing years ago for somewhere around 66 million.
Great until something goes wrong.
There will always be a need to allow for control assumption via a human interface. So the difficulty will be how to assume the conrol. Still I could see these easily being introduced with a small cadre of personnel specifically for defensive purposes.
>>Piracy made easy.<<
Oh contrare. Not only are there no hostages to be taken but it could be armed to the teeth, internally and externally.
The biggest pushback to armed support on maritime vessels is the possible harm to vessel’s crew. No crew, no problem.
It could even be a video game: control a RL machine gun on the deck of a RR-run ship. Each pirate gets you $100...
Yup. But a crewed vessel can go manual to assist other distressed vessels....and improvise solutions as needed to complete a voyage. It is reckless to de-crew. And it’ll be costly when, like, the brakes fail. Software glitch. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Rolls Royce Holdings PLC (the company referenced here, stock symbol RR on the London exchange) is the aircraft and ship engine company.
>>Great until something goes wrong.<<
True for almost everything.
OK,I see,2 different holding companies which BMW had nothing to do with.
Not with battle droids on board.
Get use to the robot life.
You assume old fashioned piracy rather than gaining entry to the ships computers and redirecting it. No need to send out a boarding party to take control.
My SIL works for RR here in Indiana.
They do a lot of defense business.
You assumed flesh and blood pirates. A group or rogue nation with access to the right computer talent wouldn’t need to set foot on the ship to take it.
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