<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b>It's interesting that a drone boat was able to rescue the crew of a helicopter, but I think it's even more interesting that a $20,000 Iranian drone was able to knock a AH-64 Apache attack helicopter out of the air which cost between 52 and 100 million dollars depending on how many bells and whistles it had. This should make anybody think twice before they decide to build a huge "Trump class" battleship. <br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b>John K Clark</b></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Reliable sources are reporting the first fully-autonomous military sea<br>
rescue. This one was a coupla US airmen downed in a helicopter. An<br>
autonomous surface ship found them and brought them to safety. I don't<br>
think that counts as a fully autonomous weapon, but it is getting close.<br>
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spike<br>
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