The conversation on military drones is particularly focused on air/ground tech, yet the recent developments in the Pacific have put the searchlights on the Ghost Fleet of the U.S. Navy’s unmanned vessels. This will have a possibly significant impact on Japanese and American naval operations, as well as regional rivalries between the Chinese and American allies.
The Ghost Fleet is an ongoing US Navy assignment that aims at enabling unmanned vessels to semi-autonomously and autonomously carry out...