The USA provided the smart submarine which can attack without order of military

At the beginning of March, 2020 US Navy announced creation of the submarine managed by artificial intelligence which can attack without order of military.

The project is under authority of Management of naval researches and was described as "autonomous system of underwater weapon" (CLAWS), reports the New Scientist edition. Detailed information on the underwater robot was provided within budget documentation of 2020.

US Navy announced creation of the submarine managed by artificial intelligence which can attack without order of military

By March, 2020 the little is known of this project except for the fact that the new submarine will use sensors and algorithms for independent accomplishment of difficult tasks. It is expected that the CLAWS system will be installed on new robotic submarines of the class Orca which have 12 torpedo tubes and are developed for Naval Forces by Boeing company.

This system will allow to expand an area of coverage of large pilotless submersibles, said in documents.

For the first time the CLAWS system was submitted in 2018 as attempt "increase autonomy of large pilotless submersibles". Nevertheless, according to New Scientist, weapon opportunities it was not mentioned earlier. Budget documents show that $26 million in 2020 were selected for development of CLAWS. $23 million more are taken away on creation of a working prototype in 2021.

Autonomous submarines already exist and can carry out tasks without participation of people — however they are not really clever and have limited functionality. A little more difficult task, than position fix, will demand intervention of the operator person via the remote communication line. New submarines will be equipped with much more independent artificial intelligence and, therefore, will be able to execute broader spectrum of functions without participation of the person controller.^[1]

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