Unmanned and Autonomous Vehicles and Future Maritime Operations in Littoral Asia

by Abhijit Singh

As the strategic environment in Asia turns increasingly fraught, regional navies have been focusing on the development of autonomous and unmanned systems — not only to improve situational awareness, but also as a means to undertake intrusive missions in forward locations. A transformative and potentially disruptive capability, autonomous platforms with artificial intelligence (AI) systems are pushing the boundaries of maritime interdiction to produce a new normal in the global commons. For India and the Indian navy, the new systems’ defining feature is their capacity to overwhelm target systems and sensors, leading to a severe degradation of the enemy’s defensive capability.

33 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2016